Small business dismissal

Case law Fair Work Commission · 25 Oct

ACT heating business ordered to pay $322.56 after emailing a dismissal the night before a planned meeting

A small ACT heating business must pay a sacked office assistant $322.56, one day's pay, after emailing his dismissal the night before a scheduled meeting. The Fair Work Commission found valid reasons for the dismissal but ruled it unjust because the meeting never happened and…

[2026] FWC 4135

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Victorian scaffolding employer must pay sacked leading hand $10,381.50 after not showing him the photos of faulty work it blamed on him

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