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Should workers declare prescription medication?
Is an employee obliged to inform their employer if they are taking prescription medications? The answer is not always clear. Find out more here.
No discrimination: autism not disclosed
An employee with autism who was dismissed for aggressive behaviour at work has lost his claim of discrimination and adverse action.
Overtime and Saturday work
Are you confused about entitlements to overtime payments when modern awards allow for ordinary hours to be worked on Saturdays? Read on for an example of how it works.
Non-promotion of 'stressed' worker wasn't bullying
A hotel worker's application for stop-bullying orders has failed, however, the Fair Work Commission had a word of warning for managers.
Sacked for crashing client's Mercedes
When a stevedore damaged a car at work, her employer blamed her ‘careless conduct’ and sacked her. Did the Fair Work Commission think the dismissal was fair?
Reneging on perfume job raises a stink
Employers must tread carefully if they withdraw a job offer after an employee has already accepted it. In this case, it amounted to a dismissal.
Park assault: injuries not work-related
A worker who was assaulted while socialising with teenage girls in a park has failed to convince a court the injuries were work-related.
Plan to dismiss chef was half-baked
A chef has been awarded $16k compensation after a tribunal found his employer concocted a sexual harassment issue as an expedient reason to dismiss him.