A Brisbane City Council worker has won his job back despite failing a blood alcohol test at work. The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission found the dismissal harsh, and therefore unfair. The background For 25 years, Aaron Thomson worked as part…
A holiday park manager has won his unfair dismissal claim and 16 weeks pay after being sacked over drugs. The Fair Work Commission found Discovery Holiday Parks unfairly sacked the park manager in February last year. Deputy President David Barclay…
A bottle shop worker sacked for being pregnant has won her General Protections Dismissal claim and $39,000 compensation. The Federal Circuit Court found the employer waived their right to be heard by failing to appear or present any defence. 'Bad…
A bus driver sacked after testing positive for cocaine has won his unfair dismissal case and $A71,000 compensation. Ken Ball worked for the bus company in Essex London for 21-years when he failed a saliva test following a shift in…
A Qantas flight attendant sacked after drinking vodka while working on a flight has lost her unfair dismissal claim. Colleagues suspected her of drinking during a flight from Sydney to Johannesburg and therefore reported her to her supervisor before landing.…
An Opera House contractor ordered to re-hire a worker sacked for getting drunk at an after-hours function is appealing the decision. Colleagues had to help the worker into a taxi to get home after she vomited on the floor. Despite…
A mechanic sacked for abusing his boss at a work Christmas party has lost his unfair dismissal claim. The incident happened at Wisharts Automotive Services in Orange in New South Wales - a family business employing just five people. Mechanic…
A Christmas party pool throwing incident has cost a worker his job. The employee drunkenly threw a fully clothed colleague into a swimming pool at a work Christmas party. The employee blamed his behaviour on his employer because they had…
What do you do if your boss turns up to work drunk? And what do you do if you see him or her get behind the wheel of a car? It happened to Hayley Bond, so she decided to…