A BP worker sacked for posting a Hitler parody video on Facebook has lost his unfair dismissal claim. The Fair Work Commission found that a reasonable person would consider the video "inappropriate and offensive". BP worker sacked for creating parody…
An aged care worker sacked after spending 81-days in jail and taking an overseas holiday while on sick leave has successfully appealed his unfair dismissal case. The Full Bench of the South Australian Employment Tribunal overturned a previous decision of…
Two Virgin ground crew staff have lost their unfair dismissal claim after being sacked for stealing two packets of cigarettes. The pair took the smokes from a plane flying from Sydney to Cairns. Incredibly, the worker who initially took the…
Industrial experts are reminding workers they have just 21-days to make unfair dismissal claims. The reminder comes after a ship's caterer had his claim thrown out because he took too long to submit his application. Miles Heffernan from Dismissals 'R'…
Three members of one family sacked from Brisbane's Kimberley College have had their unfair dismissal claims thrown out. The Fair Work Commission found each had been involved in serious financial misconduct. In a damning decision, Commissioner Chris Simpson found the…
A senior Queensland Health executive claims he was unlawfully dismissed amid an overcrowding crisis in the hospitals he managed. Metro South chief executive Stephen Ayre (above left) ran five hospitals. However, Queensland Health fired him last month after serving just two…
A chef who was sacked while in hospital having cancer treatment has won his unfair dismissal claim and $18,000 compensation. The Fair Work Commission described the employer's conduct as “extraordinarily heartless” and "unnecessarily harsh". Chef sacked for having cancer treatment…
If you have been pressured to quit your job, you might be the victim of a constructive dismissal, experts say. Employers, through their actions, or lack of action, or the way they treat a worker, can sometimes convince them to…
The Fair Work Commission has found a biometric fingerprint scanner breached a worker's privacy. The decision by the full bench will affect companies using biometric technology to sign-in workers and manage payroll systems. Fingerprint scanner breached worker's privacy Sawmill worker…
A young factory worker sacked for doing burnouts on a forklift has lost his unfair dismissal claim. The Fair Work Commission ruled in favour of the employer, despite its failure to offer the worker procedural fairness. For example, it failed…