A council truck driver claims the City of Ballarat sacked him for taking a sick day to have a COVID-19 test. However, the council denies the claim, arguing it dismissed the worker for poor performance. Council truck driver sacked for…
A flight attendant has won his wrongful dismissal claim after being sacked for performing a sex act on a passenger. Virgin also accused the flight attendant of giving the passenger free beers during the flight. The Employment Relations Authority awarded…
A diamond retailer allegedly sacked a woman after she was diagnosed with "aggressive" breast cancer. Salesperson Elizabeth Tapping is suing Melbourne's Empress Diamonds and its owner Gabi Yitshaki for wrongful dismissal. She is seeking $368,000 for five years of lost…
Donald Trump made a TV career saying, "You're fired!" on 'The Apprentice', but does that really happen in Australian workplaces? Well, the answer is almost always, no. Although some bosses think that under performing or troublesome workers can be fired…