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An HR manager's decision not to notify a "threatening" employee of all the reasons why he was being sacked resulted in an unfair dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

In September last year, the Alvaro Transport HR manager told the truck driver he was being dismissed due to his behaviour towards a customer several months earlier.

In unfair dismissal proceedings, the Commission heard that an argument occurred between the employee and the customer in April, when the latter failed to ensure a forklift driver was available to facilitate his delivery...