Decisions of the Fair Work Commission and changes to the law on dismissal. What the case decided, when it takes effect, and where to read the source.
A casual gym worker quit less than an hour and a half after his boss said he would not be rostered until he signed a new staff manual. The Commission found he had not been forced out and threw out his general protections claim.
A long-serving Mars Australia team leader was sacked over a bungled food safety response to a punctured box of mints. The Fair Work Commission found she was not responsible for the failures and ordered her reinstated.
A meatworks employer's appeal succeeded after the Full Bench found the Commissioner had misread a colleague's evidence as secondhand when it was actually a direct account of racist comments. The reinstatement order was scrapped and the case sent back to decide the remedy afresh.
A Services Australia employee who resigned while unwell won unfair dismissal compensation, but the Full Bench overturned that result, finding he had genuinely chosen to resign and had not been forced out by his employer's conduct.
A communications manager resigned after her employer's board failed to remove a director who had filmed her inappropriately, and the Commission found she was forced out rather than choosing to leave.
The federal government has announced a new specialist court for workplace disputes, designed to work alongside the Fair Work Commission. Consultation on the court's design starts this year.
A warehouse storeperson was told her job was redundant, then walked out mid-shift after she pushed back. The Fair Work Commission found the redundancy was not genuine and ordered the company to pay compensation.
