Case Law
Employer hit with damages for defaming employee
Individual flexibility agreement survives despite defects
FWC says no to West Gate Tunnel greenfields agreements
Fair Work Commission rules employee banter constituted bullying and harassment
Contractors can agree not to poach each other's employees
Prior service with labour hire company counts as service with current employer
Sham contracting crackdown
Surveillance devices permitted in drivers' vehicles
Requested adjustments to the workplace for a disabled worker rejected
Heated exchanges with employees by text message will not end well
Ambiguity in enterprise agreement wording can have huge consequences
The Fair Work Commission finds union's interpretation of the enterprise agreement clause was correct.
Dispute over modern award coverage leads to unfair dismissal claim
A general foreperson on a construction site is dismissed after failing a drug test.
Causing health and safety risk is a legitimate basis for dismissal
Employee was dismissed after being found to have brought duelling pistols to work.
Disciplinary action taken for employee's off duty conduct
The Case
Urso v QF Cabin Crew Australia Pty Limited T/A QCCA (2018)
Mr Urso was employed as a flight attendant by QF Cabin Crew Australia Pty Ltd (QCCA). Mr Urso was rostered on a seven-day flight pattern flying from Brisbane to Los Angeles to New York to Los