Employers sacking workers in the lead up to Christmas happens more often than you think, according to employment law experts. Sometimes it's the result of poor management, however, in many cases it's because bosses want to be deliberately cruel and…
A worker has lost his unfair dismissal claim after being sacked for sexually assaulting a colleague during a work Christmas event. The man argued that the alleged incident was not work-related because it happened in a private room at a…
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…