Browsing: Terminations

In a new contractor-versus-employee ruling, a worker has unsuccessfully tried to claim he was sacked for complaining about his pay. read more

A worker claiming that Hays unfairly dismissed her has won an appeal, with the Fair Work Commission finding an earlier ruling that she earned above the high income threshold was made in error. read more

It was difficult to characterise a labour hire company's refusal to place a worker at a client's site as "anything other than discrimination", the Federal Court has ruled in adverse action proceedings. read more

In an important ruling for the on-hire sector, Ready Workforce has failed to prove it shouldn't have to pay redundancy entitlements to workers who transitioned to a new staffing provider at the same site. read more

A worker engaged by Hays has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that her hourly pay rate shouldn't be used to determine whether she was a high-income earner without unfair dismissal rights. read more

The Fair Work Commission has 'closed its eyes' to certain realities about a contracting relationship, in upholding an organisation's appeal against a finding that a delivery rider was an employee with unfair dismissal rights. read more

A recruitment company has failed to prove an employee's trial period didn't count towards her tenure, or that her redundancy was genuine, with the Fair Work Commission ordering it to pay her maximum compensation for unfair dismissal. read more

An on-hire employee who wouldn't consent to being "stabbed" with "poison" has failed to prove Randstad dismissed her when it refused to offer her placements. read more

A recruitment company wasn't "disingenuous or tokenistic" in offering to find further engagements for an on-hire employee it removed from a client's site, the Fair Work Commission has accepted in dismissing his claim. read more

A finding that 14 months of weekly casual work wasn't "regular and systematic" signals a shift in the Fair Work Commission's reasoning that is good for employers, while it stands, a lawyer says. read more