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EMPLOYMENT UPDATE

Reinstatement for employee following guilty verdict on criminal charges overturned

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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 […]

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EMPLOYMENT UPDATE

Out of hours conduct on Social Media leads to Fair Dismissal

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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 […]

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