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It was reasonable to summarily dismiss an employee who responded to performance concerns by calling managers "c-nts" in a staff Facebook group chat, the Fair Work Commission has found.

Deputy President Richard Clancy said the seriousness of the casual bartender's behaviour outweighed any procedural deficiencies he found in the employer's dismissal process.

Earlier this year, the Café Gummo employee told the employer they planned on resigning at the end of July, a few weeks after a planned return from a seven-week holiday...