Duelling pistols to cowboy hats: The wildest unfair dismissal cases of 2018 Recruitment & Hiring Matthew Elmas 20 December 2018 It's been an extraordinary year for unfair dismissal cases as employers try to navigate the minefield of complexity that is Australian employment law.
Public servant fired for bringing explosives to work loses rehire bid Workplace Health & Safety Matthew Elmas 30 November 2018 A worker who allegedly brought explosives, pistols, a rifle and a shotgun into work in a bid to socialise with colleagues has lost an unfair dismissal case.
One Northern Territory public servant was overpaid $500,000 due to a misplaced decimal point Politics Dominic Powell 31 August 2018 A public servant from the Northern Territory received a half-a-million-dollar payday after an accounting error saw a decimal point misplaced.
