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An employee with autism who was dismissed for aggressive behaviour at work has lost his claim of discrimination and adverse action. 

The Fair Work Commission says a firm of “IR experts” severely mismanaged the case of an employee seeking to make a general protections claim after his dismissal.

Reassess your workplace’s sexual harassment investigation procedures in light of new "positive duty" laws. Learn essential strategies and compliance requirements from Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors.

Reassess your workplace’s sexual harassment investigation procedures in light of new "positive duty" laws. Learn essential strategies and compliance requirements from Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors.

A court has found an employer manufactured a redundancy to get rid of an employee. 

Do you think it’s a defence against liability for sexual harassment to say ‘We didn’t mean it that way’? Read about an employer who disregarded how a worker might feel about having her photo used.

When a worker complained, took leave and put in a workers comp claim, the employer brought forward his redundancy. Read why the court found the employer unlawfully took adverse action for prohibited reasons.

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.

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