3+ day, 13+ 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, 8+ 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, 20+ 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, 13+ 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, 21+ hour ago   (497+ words) It skipped the hearing entirely, but the tribunal still had plenty to say An Ontario environmental remediation company skipped its own human rights hearing entirely, and the tribunal pressed ahead anyway. The result was a mixed verdict: liability for harassment…...

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…...

5+ day, 12+ min 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…...

5+ day, 13+ 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…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (324+ words) One dismissal ground collapsed at the tribunal - the second one still ended her case A cruise operator sacked a night porter on two grounds. A tribunal rejected one - and still upheld the dismissal. On September 8, 2026, the Fair Work Commission found…...