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The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's unfair dismissal claim, after refusing to accept his secret recording of a disciplinary meeting as evidence.

In light of #MeToo many employers are examining their workplace relationship policies, and some are definitely more useful than others, a workplace lawyer says.

A visa permitting an indefinite stay in Australia didn't extinguish an employer's right to summon a seconded employer back to his home country, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting his unfair dismissal application.

An employer that sacked an employee for taking excessive breaks and sleeping on the job could have done more to substantiate its allegations, but still had sufficient evidence to justify dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that he was not sufficiently warned prior to his dismissal for falsifying time and attendance records.

An employee's willingness to apologise, his ongoing health problems, and the impact of unemployment were not sufficient to render his dismissal harsh, the Fair Work Commission has found.

The Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of an employee for dishonestly taking personal leave in order to attend a Wiggles concert with his son. In another case, an employee has been denied pay during a period of suspension for failing a dr-g test.

A white-collar worker who tested positive for alcohol has been reinstated after the Fair Work Commission found his employer wasn't "fully conversant" with its own policy.

An employee who refused to follow instructions and clung to an outdated promise about his work duties was nonetheless sacked with "deeply" troubling speed and willingness, the Fair Work Commission has found.