Fair Work Commission Extends Time for lodgement After Dismissal
A late application may still proceed where the circumstances, considered together, justify an extension of time. In [2023] FWC 2378, […]
Cases, Extension of time
Abandonment
Continuity of Service, Small Business
Transfer of Business: Previous Employment Counts Towards Minimum Employment Period
Case: Moisidis v Bray on Hampton Pty Ltd t/a Sacred Alley Espresso Bar [2019] FWC 5208Commission Member: Commissioner GregoryDecision date: […]
Small Business, Transfer of Business
Long-Service Employee’s Service Carried Across Business Transfer
Case: Sherwood v Milestone GI Pty Ltd [2019] FWC 476Decision date: 25 January 2019Commission Member: Deputy President ClancyOutcome: Minimum employment […]
Abandonment
Abandonment of employment clause in six modern awards
In the case of [2018] FWCFB 7433, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) issued a decision on December 17, 2018, regarding […]
medical absence, Small Business, Uncategorized
Unfair Dismissal: Valid Performance Concerns, but Procedural Unfairness Leads to Compensation
Case: Galanopoulos v Australian Handrails Pty Ltd t/a NJM Group [2018] FWC 3569Commission Member: Commissioner McKinnonDecision date: 19 June 2018Outcome: […]
disciplinary process, medical absence, Procedural Fairness
Unfair Dismissal: Employer’s Failure to Respect an Employee’s Representative Contributes to Unfair Dismissal Finding
Fair Work Commission | [2017] FWC 4188 | 14 August 2017 Unfair dismissal upheld Case summary The Fair Work Commission […]
Cases, Small Business
Unfair Dismissal: Employee Awarded Compensation After Raising Underpayment and Workplace Safety Concerns
Fair Work Commission finds dismissal unfair after employer failed to establish a valid reason An employee with more than five […]
Demotion, Procedural Fairness
Case Summary: Adam Piggott v Wellpark Holdings Pty Ltd T/A ERGT Australia FWC 3188
In a decision handed down on 14 June 2016, the Fair Work Commission found that the termination of Mr Adam […]
Jurisdictional Objections, Procedural Fairness, resignation
Case Summary: Ms Raelene Soukoulis v Del-Re National Food Group Pty Ltd FWC 1815
In a decision handed down by Commissioner Gregory on 12 April 2016, the Fair Work Commission evaluated a jurisdictional objection […]
Procedural Fairness, Small Business
Unfair Dismissal: Seven Years’ Service, No Proper Warnings and Significant Underpayment
Case: Christie v Kennedys Personal Training Pty Ltd t/a Kennedys Health and Fitness [2015] FWC 7274Commission Member: Commissioner RoeDecision date: […]