That was the lesson from a general-protections decision handed down by the Federal Circuit and Family Court on June 22, 2026.

A court still ordered it to pay $602,000 over one routine task. On June 18, 2026, the Supreme Court of Queensland ordered ...

A discount retailer that ignored the Fair Work Commission from start to finish has been ordered to pay a sacked worker more ...

Open Country Dairy wanted its damages claim heard now. On 26 June 2026, Judge M S King ruled the employee's criminal case ...

A security firm handed a civil rights agency video labeled as a worker breaking safety rules. The lawsuit says it showed ...

A former Ford manager says Ford fired her over a night she cannot remember, after someone allegedly slipped a date-rape drug ...

The narrative around AI and jobs has been shaped largely by layoff announcements and displacement warnings. Oracle cuts 21,000 positions. Snap, Cisco, and Block cited AI when announcing layoffs. A new ...

Canadian HR professionals should watch how Germany's move to eliminate phone-in sick days plays out, since the policy is among the most aggressive absence-management crackdowns of any major economy.

A veteran financial advisor walked into a hotel expecting praise for his work. He walked out with a termination letter. Years later, a judge upheld the firing, but on a ground his former firm ...

An accidental voicemail let a health-care worker hear her own manager and director describe her as "slippery" and "unreliable." Her employer called it a breach of its respectful workplace policy. Her ...

From doubled fines to AI hiring liability, employment lawyer and HRFest Canada 2026 panellist says organizations risk falling behind ...

An Auckland-based employer has been ordered to pay nearly $60,000 in wages, compensation and costs in full after the ...