When can you dismiss an employee for not meeting their KPIs?

The FWC recently found an employee’s termination for failure to meet KPIs unfair due to ‘arbitrary’ and ‘unreasonable’ sales targets. What went wrong for the employer in this case, and how can HR avoid similar claims arising?

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