by Simon Obee | Jul 7, 2022 | Unfair Dismissal
The Federal Court has awarded a former employee of Hawkesbury Race Club $2.8 million in damages in a general protections claim, after she was subject to a performance management process following a complaint she made about the CEO. The ability to bring a general... 
by Simon Obee | May 25, 2022 | Unfair Dismissal
Where a permanent employee’s employment is terminated by their employer, the employee is entitled to a minimum period of notice set by the National Employment Standards in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). This is sometimes supplanted by a more generous notice period set... 
by Simon Obee | Mar 16, 2022 | Unfair Dismissal
The Fair Work Commission has recently upheld the dismissal of an employee of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (the ACTU), who had been dismissed based on inappropriate posts he had made on Facebook. The posts included expressions of the employee’s support for... 
by Simon Obee | Nov 10, 2021 | Fair Work Commission, Unfair Dismissal
A recent decision of the Fair Work Commission highlights the care employers need to take when dismissing employees for reason of illness or injury. Unfair dismissal or general protections? One of the interesting parts of the Fair Work Commission’s decision is... 
by Simon Obee | Jun 17, 2020 | Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal
One question that arises frequently when dealing with redundancies is how long employers should wait before advertising to fill a role that was previously made redundant. In order for an employee’s employment to be terminated due to redundancy, their job must no... 
by Brandon Turner | Mar 10, 2020 | Fair Work Commission, Unfair Dismissal
A recent case before the Fair Work Commission concerned the dismissal of an employee from his role with Safety Barrier Solutions (SBS) on 23 September 2019 for alleged workplace misconduct. The employee then filed an application for unfair dismissal which came to...