10 unfair dismissal cases examined: Key lessons for SMEs
It’s a small business owner’s worst nightmare – an unfair dismissal case. Learn from 10 unfair dismissal cases so your business doesn't fall into the same traps.
Small businesses have once again been warned to make sure investigations leading to a termination of employment are conducted immediately af…
An unidentified business has lost an unfair dismissal case after it terminated an employee following a report from a psychiatrist in which t…
Retailers have rejoiced over a new Fair Work decision which allows employers to pay their staff with time in lieu for working on a public ho…
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on both major political parties to halt the “alarming drop” in apprenticeship…
The Fair Work Commission has now ruled that sending pornographic emails at work is not grounds for an instant or summary dismissal. In a …
Victims of workplace bullying will have to take their complaints to an independent regulatory body, before putting it to the Fair Work Commi…
The Coalition’s HECS-style apprenticeship support scheme announced on the weekend will be a positive for both employers and workers, but e…
Small business in Australia is being disproportionately prosecuted and fined by the Fair Work Commission. One of the latest cases reported i…
A woman who argued she was unjustly accused of bullying was unfairly dismissed, according to the Fair Work Commission, which also found busi…
An agreement between five industry organisations could result in more flexible employment conditions in the fashion, textile and footwear ma…
Businesses have been warned to once again make sure they are following every step of the unfair dismissal procedure to the letter, following…
