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The Fair Work Commission has commended an employer's procedurally fair process in the lead-up to dismissing an employee who was injured outside of work and could no longer perform her job.

Internal mobility remains just an aspirational goal for many employers, primarily held back by line managers.

An employer that admitted to keeping no accurate record of overtime in favour of a "trust system", yet sacked an employee who took unauthorised time off in lieu, has been ordered to pay compensation for unfair dismissal.

A Qantas employee has failed to argue that the Fair Work Commissioner hearing his claim was biased and should recuse himself because he held memberships to the employer's airport lounges.

An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that a manager's email celebrating his impending dismissal was evidence that an investigation into his conduct had been predetermined.

The Fair Work Commission has criticised an employer's opaque decision-making process, while upholding the dismissal of an employee for serious misconduct.

Medibank has overhauled its employment brand to shift traditional perceptions of the company as being just a private health insurer.

An employee's difficult personal circumstances made her employer's formal response to her workplace behaviour issues "excessive", a tribunal has upheld on appeal.

An employer committed unlawful adverse action when it "went looking" for reasons to dismiss an employee after he complained about his performance management process.

An employer has successfully defended sacking a worker who violated its safety policies, despite its earlier "lax approach" to enforcement.