Sacked Melbourne lawyer who chucked sickie to go to the AFL loses bid to get his job back
by Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#6WH2D)
Fair Work Commission finds Mitchell Fuller was not unfairly dismissed for taking a sick day while at the AFL Gather Round in Adelaide
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A Melbourne lawyer who pulled a sickie so he could attend the AFL Gather Round in South Australia has failed in a bid to get his job back after his own social media posts proved he was fit for work.
The Fair Work Commission found this week that Mitchell Fuller, who was fired as a solicitor with Madison Branson Lawyers in August last year, was not unfairly dismissed.
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