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October 31, 2022

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE
Reinstatement for employee following guilty verdict on criminal charges overturned

Misconduct, Serious Misconduct, Termination of Employment, Unfair Dismissal, Workplace Investigations

This month we deal with an extremely interesting decision of the Fair Work Commission where despite best practice investigation there was a ruling against the employer. Our key message is this should not detract from an employer seeking to follow best practice in allegations of serious misconduct. Sydney Trains has been ordered to reinstate an […]

March 19, 2018

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE
Out of hours conduct on Social Media leads to Fair Dismissal

Misconduct, Policies and Procedures, Termination of Employment, Unfair Dismissal, Workplace Investigations Facebook, Misconduct, Out of Hours Conduct, Social Media

The Fair Work Commission has upheld a company’s decision to dismiss an employee, after the employee sent a pornographic video to a number of his colleagues through the Facebook Messenger app. The employee was employed by a large container terminal operator as a stevedore. He was dismissed, with payment in lieu of notice, some 10 […]

Workplace Investigations

EMPLOYMENT UPDATEReinstatement for employee following guilty verdict on criminal charges overturned

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE

Reinstatement for employee following guilty verdict on criminal charges overturned

EMPLOYMENT UPDATEOut of hours conduct on Social Media leads to Fair Dismissal

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE

Out of hours conduct on Social Media leads to Fair Dismissal

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE
Reinstatement for employee following guilty verdict on criminal charges overturned

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE
Out of hours conduct on Social Media leads to Fair Dismissal