His resignation was clear, unambiguous, and very hard to walk back
A project manager who walked out after a five-minute meeting, then sent a pre-litigation notice demanding $130,000, has lost his bid to argue he was forced to resign.
In a decision handed down on 28 April 2026, the Fair Work Commission dismissed Hamed Emtiaz's general protections application against loan provider Elevant Operations Pty Ltd, finding he had voluntarily resigned and was not dismissed within the meaning of the Fair Work Act 2009.
Emtiaz signed a 12-month maximum term contract dated 10 April 2025 as a Project Manager, with his first day at work on 16 April 2025. He reported directly to Product Manager Adarsh Chaubey, who in turn reported to General Manager Saurabh Sharma.
Concerns piled up quickly during his five-week tenure. Emtiaz was pulled up for repeatedly ignoring or by-passing the review procedure and sending incomplete and incorrect information directly to the executive team. He made repeated requests to arrive late and leave early, and failed to complete tasks by their deadlines. On 8 May 2025, after receiving an email from Chaubey raising concerns about a series of breaches of the review procedure, he approached Administrative Assistant Lily Trulove to demand an immediate meeting and became aggressive, later admitting he had "lost it" and swore in her presence. An urgent meeting was held the same day with Sharma and Chaubey, where Emtiaz received a verbal warning and apologised, then...
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