Dispute Resolution Practitioner Dismissed for Dispute
An experienced Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner has lost his unfair dismissal claim in the Fair Work Commission (FWC) after a dispute with a colleague in the workplace led to his sacking.
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Real Estate Employer Dismissed Worker ‘Dishonestly’: FWC
A Real Estate Agency that failed to turn up to an unfair dismissal hearing has been found by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to have unfairly dismissed its Property Manager.
The FWC hearing was due to proceed in Bathurst on 11 April when the employer failed to appear. The FWC managed to contact the employer by phone and warned him the hearing might start without him if he did not attend. He replied, ‘Do what you have to do, I’m not coming’. The hearing did proceed, and the FWC ultimately found in favour of the worker.
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Drugs and Porn – worker fights claim of serious misconduct
An ICT employee has lost a battle over his dismissal in the Fair Work Commission (FWC) after his employer ended his employment for serious misconduct.
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Employee Sacked by Noodle Restaurant After Questioning Pay Rate Wins Unfair Dismissal Case
A casual worker sacked by an Adelaide noodle restaurant after her husband questioned her pay rate has been awarded 12 weeks’ wages with the Fair Work Commission (FWC) finding she was unfairly dismissed.
Dismissal for Forklift Burnouts Not Unfair: FWC
A process worker who was filmed doing a series of burnouts on a forklift has lost his unfair dismissal claim after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) found his misconduct was so extreme it did not warrant any further inquiry and no explanation or mitigation could avoid dismissal.
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2019 Easter Public Holidays – Queensland
What a blast from the past! Find our news post regarding the 2022 Easter public holidays for eastern states here.
No-Show Employer Found to Have Unfairly Dismissed Employee
Giuseppe Trigilia (the Applicant) has been awarded $6,486.72 after the Fair Work Commission found that he was unfairly dismissed.
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Anti-Discrimination Commission Qld to become Qld Human Rights Commission
The Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland will be renamed the Queensland Human Rights Commission from 1 July following the passage of the Queensland Human Rights Bill through state parliament.
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Bill Shorten Campaigning for Increase to Minimum Wage
With a federal election looming, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has pledged that Labor would change the rules to increase the minimum wage.
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Dodgy Employers to be Sent to the Clink
The Morrison government has announced plans to introduce criminal sanctions for employers who repeatedly and deliberately underpay workers.
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