Case review | A pattern of behaviour or pattern of failure? What investigators can learn from this FWC decision

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Paladino v The University of Melbourne [2026] FWC 559. This Fair Work Commission decision is a reminder that a thorough investigation cannot rescue a disciplinary process built on a weak evidentiary foundation, that fails to put all allegations to the employee, or that substitutes for performance management conversations.

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