State Auditor-General Andrew Greaves is facing court action from a former director who claims he unlawfully made her position redundant after she had a mental breakdown due to an excessive workload.
Blake O’Keeffe took his former longtime employer to the Fair Work Commission for unfair dismissal after he sacked him over the accidental death of the beloved family pet.
The Fair Work Commission’s full bench majority has rejected an application to appeal the sacking of a worker who refused to get a flu vaccination.
A cast of colourful characters packed the High Court to support Peter Ridd,a physicist whose firing from a university has become a test case for academic freedom.
Former SBS journalist Pallavi Jain launches legal action against the multicultural public broadcaster to get her job back after an independent investigation found she suffered workplace harassment.
A lawsuit over the departure of a former SBS journalist adds to concerns about a dysfunctional culture at the public broadcaster.
The Fair Work Commission found the veteran public servant was let go for making unsubstantiated bullying complaints.
Presenter Simon Reeve has accused his former employer of contravening the Fair Work Act by not paying him annual leave or redundancy pay.
After a legal battle stretching for almost two years,BP employee Scott Tracey has been compensated for his unfair dismissal.
A worker who allegedly threatened to give a colleague the"Ivan Milat treatment"has won his unfair dismissal claim because his employer tolerated his behaviour before finally sacking him over another incident.
The Fair Work Commission has overturned the university's decision to dismiss Lucy Zhao on the grounds that she had not published at least one research article in a high-quality journal.