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The Fair Work Commission has ruled in favour of employers, in two disputes over whether casual workers were 'dismissed' when their engagements ended.

In the first case an Adecco on-hire worker was clearly not dismissed, the FWC has found, because he was offered another assignment within 10 days of the termination of his placement.

The casual warehouse worker was on-hired to Carrier Transicold Australia (CTA), but CTA discontinued the assignment after he had an altercation with a direct employee at its Melbourne warehouse.

After investigating the incident, CTA requested the Adecco worker not return to the warehouse. It also took disciplinary action against its direct employee...