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A truck driver who was fired for sleeping on the job has won his unfair dismissal case.

When a worker was dismissed from his job at Alcoa after being accused of inappropriately touching a female colleague, he thought he’d been unfairly sacked. Read why the Fair Work Commission found for the employer.

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.

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.

A recent case found an employer breached privacy laws by sharing an employee’s medical information with staff, despite claiming workplace health and safety obligations. The exemption for employee records under the Privacy Act 1988 didn’t apply, resulting in the employer paying compensation.

The Fair Work Commission emphasised the need for extra care with vulnerable workers in such cases.

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.

This case highlights the importance of consistent application of workplace policies and adherence to procedures.

When an employee’s casual negligence in a team lift landed a labour-hire worker in severe, chronic pain, a court found the host employer was vicariously liable. Read why the court accepted the worker’s claim.