Browsing: Adverse action (270 items)

An employee was forced to resign due to her employer's "persistent" enquiries about her return to work during her pregnancy and parental leave, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee's claims that she was "intimidated", "mobbed" and "coerced" at work were "unfounded and nonsensical" allegations designed to "pollute" her general protections claim with scandal, the Fair Work Commission has chided.

The former CEO of Harrier Group was summarily dismissed for deliberately misusing her work credit card while the company was struggling financially, not because she raised bullying and pay issues, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.

An employer dismissed an employee when it changed her position from part time to casual without her agreement, the Fair Work Commission has found, clearing her to pursue her general protections claim.

A talent advisory leader who signed contracts worth more than $2 million a year is suing her former employer for unlawful adverse action and contract breaches, alleging her complaints about its "toxic" culture were ignored.

An employee was not forced to resign after making bullying and s-xual harassment complaints, the Fair Work Commission has found.

• Employer "indifferent" to worker's dire financial situation
  
• Constructive dismissal claims on the rise
  
• Senior HR salaries "static" while junior roles rise
  
• Top workforce management leaders vying for awards

A manager has failed to prove an employer's "unethical practices" left him with no choice but to resign, with the Fair Work Commission finding there was "no downside" to making a formal complaint instead.

Qantas took unlawful adverse action when deciding to outsource thousands of positions to prevent workers from engaging in industrial action, despite those workers not having a workplace right to take such action at the time, the High Court has ruled.

Two managers treated an employee in a "high handed, hostile way", manifesting in an unfair disciplinary process, the Federal Court has found in upholding her adverse action claim.