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The ERA held the employee's dismissal was unjustified because the disciplinary process had significant defects, including an early stand-down before ...

ERA held the employer could not rely on a one-year fixed-term clause because the statutory requirements were not met (no genuine reasons agreed and reasons not recorded).

The ERA rejected the employee's constructive dismissal claim but upheld unjustified disadvantage findings because the employer ran a flawed, slow ...

ERA found Police acted unfairly by making adverse findings without a proper process, failing to properly deal with her bullying complaint, using those findings in relation to an external role.

ERA held the employee's redundancy dismissal was unjustified: Pamu relied on automation efficiencies but did not clearly justify why the AP Team ...

ERA held a night shift recovery support worker was unjustifiably dismissed after video evidence of sleeping was relied on, in circumstances where ...

ERA held a fixed-term seasonal worker was unjustifiably dismissed for redundancy because the employer decided to select him for redundancy before meeting him and did not consult.

The ERA found this was a dismissal and awarded $13,520 lost wages, $10,000 compensation, and $249.