Fair Work Commission

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Fair Work Commission rejects waitress's claim she was fired

She handed back her uniform and asked for her final pay that night - but was she ever really fired

Valid reason to dismiss, but rushed process made sacking unfair

A sleeping skipper, food dumped overboard, crew left at the helm - and still a payout

Home finance manager loses unfair dismissal case against Westpac

He blamed training, software and his workload - the Commission found valid reasons anyway

Employers warn proposed Fair Work Court risks adding costs and complexity

ACCI raises alarm over new court despite promises of faster workplace dispute resolution

Valid safety reason, but Fair Work still finds dismissal unfair

A valid reason to dismiss, a clean record, and the steps the Commission found were missed

Employer proves its redundancy case but loses on one missing step

The business case held up and redeployment was ruled out - so how did this dismissal still fail

Fair work commission finds startup CEO was not an employee

He ran the company as CEO and even negotiated his own leave credit - so why wasn't he staff

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