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An employee who is absent on workers compensation has resigned.

A security guard who sustained a psych injury after a colleague pointed a gun at his head has lost his bid for damages.

An employee was sacked for not disclosing drug-related criminal charges in line with his employer’s code of conduct. Was the dismissal fair?

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

Despite having a valid reason for dismissal, a tribunal has upheld a worker's unfair dismissal claim after finding the employer failed to follow procedural fairness.

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found that his sacking was harsh and unreasonable despite a worker’s failure to report an incident. Check out the FWC’s reasoning.

An assault involving two employees in shared work accommodation was determined on whether the offence occurred during the course of employment. Read on for details of the case. 

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

Comcare is not entitled to recover compensation payments from a worker who received a $1.25m sex-discrimination settlement, despite its claim the worker was ‘double-dipping’, a court has ruled.

A hotel worker's application for stop-bullying orders has failed, however, the Fair Work Commission had a word of warning for managers.