A manager's "offensive" comments about an employee's weight and facial piercings were ignorant and insensitive, but didn't force her to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.
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.
An employee who claimed he had no choice but to quit after being placed on repeated performance improvement plans has lost his unfair dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission finding his employer took "reasonable steps" to support him.
An employee's resignation was "a cry for assistance" after a traumatic incident at work, but her employer's response was "frankly, unhelpful" and bureaucratic, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A manager's "performance discussion" with an employee was actually an "unsatisfactory exchange of views conducted in a cursory and excited manner", the Fair Work Commission has found in unfair dismissal proceedings.
An employee wasn't forced to resign when his employer decided to "freshen" up its roster, resulting in shifts that didn't work with his study commitments, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee's stress during a restructure was potentially exacerbated by some "miscommunication", but her redeployment was reasonable and didn't force her to resign, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
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