A mechanic who was sacked after losing his cool and abusing his boss during a work Christmas drinks function has lost his unfair dismissal claim. The incident happened at Wisharts Automotive Services in Orange in New South Wales, which is…
An employee who was sacked after drunkenly throwing a fully clothed colleague into a swimming pool at a work Christmas party has lost his unfair dismissal claim. The employee tried to argue that the incident was the fault of his…
An ugly fight between the stars of Studio 10 resulted in the sudden termination of the show’s talented creator and executive producer, Rob McKnight, who last week settled an unfair dismissal claim with Network Ten. The case was due in…
What do you do if your boss turns up to work drunk? And what do you do if you see him get behind the wheel of a car? It happened to Hayley Bond, so she decided to call head office…
A factory worker who was sacked for calling his boss a 'backstabbing c--t' has won his unfair dismissal claim, and $10,000 compensation. In addition, the Fair Work Commission was scathing of his employer for its "disgraceful and grossly unfair" process…
A school principal sacked for financial mismanagement and nepotism has lodged a claim for unfair dismissal in the Fair Work Commission, arguing he is the victim of a malicious campaign by the school's board. Paul Thomson, who founded the Kimberley…
A security worker at Adelaide Airport has lost his unfair dismissal claim after being sacked for failing to properly screen passengers. In dismissing the claim, Commissioner Christopher Platt said CCTV footage made it clear that the worker, Peter Zidov, was…
A persistent and litigious Jewish rabbi lodged the same unfair dismissal claim three separate times over an eight year period, prompting the Fair Work Commission to remind workers that they only have 21 days to make such claims. Rabbi Samuel…
How dumb can you get? - That’s the question industrial relations experts are asking Paul Desmond Wallace after he was penalised a record $125,600 today for failing to pay $29,000 compensation to an employee who had been unfairly dismissed. Wallace…