A Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has handed down a decision in Victorian Association for the Teaching of English Inc (VATE) v Debra de Laps [2014] FWCFB 613 (19 February 2014) which clarifies the role of a support person in dismissal meetings.

The Full Bench found that the Commissioner, at first instance, wrongly concluded that VATE denied Ms. de Laps procedural fairness when it requested that she attend a formal meeting to discuss her performance and conduct, and denied her an advocate at the meeting.

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