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An employee's request for a second period of paid parental leave was denied due to a discrepancy in the enterprise agreement's requirements.

When a manager thought a casual worker had blocked his text, he removed him from the roster program and group chat. Read why the FWC dismissed the employer’s objections to the worker’s unfair dismissal claim.

Is a verbal resignation legally valid? Learn when employers can accept verbal notice, how workplace policies apply, and the risks of “heat of the moment” resignations

Making the penalty fit the offence was the focus of a case where the employer had failed to check its obligations in relation to payment of an employee for his accrued annual leave, on termination of his employment.

Was a mining company vicariously liable for injuries caused by an employee’s breach of his duty of care, and was it entitled to indemnity from a labour hire company’s insurer? Check out the court’s reasoning.

When a worker complained, took leave and put in a workers comp claim, the employer brought forward his redundancy. Read why the court found the employer unlawfully took adverse action for prohibited reasons.

When a carpenter fell into a river and ‘three years of hell’, the Court’s focus landed on the supervisor’s role. Read about what went wrong.

When a commercial analyst complained about unreasonable overtime and a co-worker’s conduct, she was sacked. Read why the court imposed both compensation and penalty orders on the employer.

The Fair Work Commission ruled that a casual support worker was dismissed when excluded from a rostering app and ignored by his employer, allowing his general protections claim to proceed.

The Fair Work Commission has dismissed a claim for unfair dismissal after finding the ‘accident in his trousers’ did not compel the worker to leave work when called for a drug test. Read the FWC’s reasons.