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A general manager who bombarded a worker with abusive messages had effectively ended the employment relationship, the FWC has ruled.

An employee who downed half a bottle of scotch and later failed a random alcohol test has won his job back. 

A commission has rejected a school worker's claims that her employment was a major contributor to her psychiatric disorder.

We discuss the relevant factors to be considered based on the Fair Work Act and the National Employment Standards.

Siobhann Provost

A university academic who had been off work for 13 months due to illness deliberately thwarted her employer’s attempts to establish whether she was fit to return to work. Read on to find out the details.

Does an apprenticeship count towards service if an employee took a break after completing his training?

In these two cases, employers attempted to argue that they were not responsible for employees' psychological injuries. Were they right?

The National Employment Standards (NES) are the main source of entitlement for personal/carer’s leave.

The Federal Court has imposed fines on an employer and a labour-hire firm for taking adverse action against a 70-year old grader operator by refusing to employ him because of his age. The labour hire firm was fined more than twice as much as the employer.