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A director allowed sexual harassment to continue for months which escalated to assault, and $150,000 was paid in damages.

An employee who was involved in an argument with a publican while wearing her work uniform should not have been summarily dismissed on the basis of damaging her employer’s reputation, a tribunal has ruled. 

A commission has ruled that an employee who battled alcohol dependency was now fit to return to work.

A court has fined the lawyer $2,400 and her law firm $12,000 for her uncooperative approach towards the proceedings.

A freight driver had to uncouple a refrigerated trailer from a truck while standing in an active traffic lane of a road with a 100km speed limit. What could go wrong?

An employee’s constant criticism of management on a chat group created a “combative” work team environment. That, combined with some job performance problems, provided a valid reason to dismiss her.

Should a contract of employment refer to an applicable award? Find out more about employment contracts here.

A tribunal has rejected an employer’s attempt to reduce an employee’s redundancy pay because he refused a “fly in fly out” (FIFO) job as an alternative to his former Perth-based “normal” job. 

An employee who was pressured to retire in his late 60s has, on appeal, become the first person to win an age discrimination case conducted under federal legislation.

A small business that found a worker alternative employment was entitled to reduce his redundancy pay, a tribunal has ruled.