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A high school canteen supervisor employed by the school’s parents and citizens association has received more than $15,000 compensation after she was dismissed for not signing a replacement contract before an employer-imposed deadline.
School canteen supervisor wins payout for dismissal
February 8, 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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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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Employees sacked for setting up own company compensated by tribunal
November 11, 2011By The Editor
Two men sacked from a labour hire company for operating what it adjudged to be a rival business have received large compensation payouts by Fair Work Australia, after a Commissioner found they only set up the business as a fallback position.
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Dismissal applications on the rise
November 10, 2011By The Editor
In a cautionary statistic for employers, dismissal-related applications to the Fair Work Australia industrial tribunal rose by 15 per cent in the last financial year.
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Injured worker wins unfair dismissal case after refusing drug test
November 3, 2011By The Editor
A stevedore who refused to take a random drug and alcohol test, and was then dismissed, has had his dismissal overturned by Fair Work Australia.
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Tribunal reinstates employee sacked for failing alcohol test
October 18, 2011By The Editor
A trades assistant with 16 years of unblemished service helping to manufacture hot water tanks has been reinstated to his job, after a tribunal ruled his sacking for failing a random alcohol test was too harsh.
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