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Fair Work Australia (FWA) has upheld the sacking of an electrician dismissed for misconduct after he was accused of falsifying first aid records relating to a back injury and exposing himself to the company’s HR coordinator.
Electrician sacked after accusations of falsifying records
February 2, 2012
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$50,000 compensation for worker accused of info leak
January 31, 2012By The Editor
An architect has been awarded $50,000 in compensation after he was accused of leaking sensitive information to an ex-colleague who was sacked, and was subsequently dismissed himself.
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Waitress told to accept demotion or resign found to be unfairly dismissed
January 23, 2012By The Editor
A restaurant duty manager who resigned after being told to quit or be demoted has won an unfair dismissal case after a Fair Work Australia Commissioner found her behaviour should have been classified as a performance issue, not misconduct.
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Facebook sacking overturned partly due to lack of social media policy
January 17, 2012By The Editor
A Fair Work Australia Commissioner has overturned a truck driver’s sacking for offensive comments posted on his Facebook page, partly because his employer had no firm social media use policy.
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Employer’s alcohol testing policy criticised as sacked worker reinstated
December 13, 2011By The Editor
A Fair Work Australia Commissioner has reinstated an employee sacked for failing a random alcohol test because her employer’s drug and alcohol policy was unclear, not communicated to staff properly and lacked “specificity”.
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Hair’s not fair – worker resigns after refusing to shave beard
December 7, 2011By The Editor
An engineer who left his job after refusing to comply with a new safety policy, requesting him to shave or trim his beard in order to properly fit a facepiece respirator, has lost an unfair dismissal case after arguing he was forced to resign.
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Worker reinstated after accusations of unauthorised changes to flight bookings
December 2, 2011By The Editor
A customer service agent for an Australian airline has been reinstated to his job after Fair Work Australia found there was no evidence to suggest he had made unauthorised changes to passengers’ flight bookings.
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Abbott digs in on opposition to ABCC abolition
December 1, 2011By The Editor
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the Government’s proposal to replace the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) is a “real threat to the Australian economy”, as the extent of militant union coercion on construction sites is confirmed.
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Fixed contract worker fails in unfair dismissal case
November 28, 2011By The Editor
A secretary employed on three consecutive fixed term contracts by an international embassy has failed in her unfair dismissal claim, after Fair Work Australia ruled the non-renewal of her contract was legitimate and not done to avoid unfair dismissal laws.
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Fair Work Australia: an optional umpire?
November 25, 2011By The Editor
Does the decision by the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) to defy a Fair Work Australia (FWA) ruling to cease strike action expose flaws in the industrial framework – most notably a lack of authority to resolve potentially harmful industrial disputes?
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