Fair Work Commission

Casual label did not fit TAFE painting teacher, Fair Work finds

The contract promised no set hours - but the Commission looked at what really happened

Cafe claimed closure, dismissed longtime worker, kept trading

She was told the business was shutting down - it kept trading with a new hire

Wage growth ticks up but labour market still loosening, CBA says

CBA data shows the Fair Work Commission's wage boost was smaller than economists had expected

Side hustles hit record highs, exposing employers to legal risk

New ABS and Deputy data show record poly-employment, prompting a warning on managing conflict-of-interest risk

Fair Work grants gold miner more time to challenge dismissal

His visa lapsed in April - but the company didn't say he was sacked until July

Employer had a fair reason to sack its manager - and still lost

Real grounds to dismiss, but no warning and no chance to respond - and it cost the business

University of Melbourne loses appeal to sack professor over sexual harassment

Tribunal backs the professor’s return but warns him not to read it as vindication

Support worker sacked over conduct with vulnerable client loses unfair dismissal case

Four separate findings, one care plan, and a company that got the process right

A prefilled safety log, not a rude outburst, is what cost this cruise worker her job

A Fair Work Commission decision handed down this week shows the real reason behind a dismissal can be very different from the one an employer leads with

Fair Work backs employer that fired worker over altered document

She called it a reflexive correction. Her employer reached a very different conclusion