3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (199+ words) The worker said a missing witness sank the employer’s case - the court saw it differently A senior manager sacked while off work with a psychological injury has lost her Federal Court appeal against the dismissal. On September 8, 2026, the Full Court…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (576+ words) ERA finds the ministry had lapses in its investigation A senior quarantine officer who was fired after taking a colleague to a friend's house for lunch has been reinstated to his role after the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) found his…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (273+ words) Genuine reason, botched process: how one redundancy still cost a small employer Employment Relations Authority member Helen van Druten ruled on 12 August 2026 that a genuine redundancy still amounted to unjustified dismissal. The case centred on a marketing employee who joined…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (457+ words) A lost phone, a missing key and a firing all became evidence in her case A Canadian nonprofit has managed to fend off a former employee's claims that everyday workplace decisions, from a work phone to a shift schedule, amounted…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (318+ words) Four separate findings, one care plan, and a company that got the process right A disability support worker sacked over her conduct with a vulnerable client has lost her bid to have the dismissal overturned. The Fair Work Commission ruled…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (261+ words) Real grounds to dismiss, but no warning and no chance to respond - and it cost the business Having a fair reason to sack someone is not enough. You also have to do it properly. That is the lesson from a…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (331+ words) The case, Adelman v. IBM Canada Limited, serves as an important reminder that wrongful dismissal claims can quickly evolve beyond severance disputes and into complex, high-cost litigation cases. The employee, Jason Adelman, worked for IBM and its predecessor company for nearly…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (707+ words) Employment lawyer Adrienne Drew explains how HR can hire fast without breaking foreign labour law A contract drafted by an off-the-shelf AI tool can look polished and still miss the one clause that keeps a company out of court. Artificial…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (397+ words) A Fair Work Commission decision handed down this week shows the real reason behind a dismissal can be very different from the one an employer leads with A night porter on a Murray River paddle steamer who spoke rudely to…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (302+ words) She called it a reflexive correction. Her employer reached a very different conclusion A Melbourne insurance brokerage sacked a worker after she edited a document she then filed in her own case against the company. The Fair Work Commission has…...