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Should employers pay for desks if employees work from home. This employee certainly thought so. But what did the Fair Work Commission say? 

A police officer was sacked after two separate incidents of sexual harassment. Read on to find out the details.

A migrant worker with limited English was unfairly dismissed after being made redundant without support or consultation. The Fair Work Commission emphasised the need for extra care with vulnerable workers in such cases.

Two shift workers who were made redundant after rejecting offers to relocate and change their shift rosters have had their entitlement to redundancy pay preserved by the Fair Work Commission (FWC), after the employer had applied to reduce it to nil.

A Certificate of Service is also known as a Statement of Employment and offers basic details about a terminated employee’s position. Find out more here.

An employee who is absent on workers compensation has resigned. What entitlements are due?

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

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.

Read how a dispute with a landlord led to an unfair dismissal case, where an employee was forced to take annual leave and eventually terminated without warning.