Dismissing an employee over the phone before the end of his performance improvement plan was fair, the Fair Work Commission has found, in circumstances where he hadn't ever met his sales targets.
The first fully-contested judgment regarding a breach of the Fair Work Act's workplace s-xual harassment provisions has important implications for all employers. This Q&A unpacks the Federal Court's key findings and what organisations can learn from them.
Advising a talent manager "in a totally ad hoc fashion" that his role was becoming redundant "only served to further destabilise his already unstable mental state", a commission has found in a psychological injury dispute.
The importance of managing low job control as a psychosocial hazard can't be underestimated, because "control is what lets people cope with demand", a safety and compliance specialist says.
Continuing falls in employee engagement suggest that despite ongoing effort, many employers still aren't prioritising, measuring or acting on the areas with the most potential impact.
A commission has refused to strike out parts of a worker's stop-bullying claim, despite accepting some of the alleged conduct didn't occur while she was "at work".
After accusing an employee of misconduct because she'd complained about being forced to take annual leave, an employer then effectively dismissed her when it took her departure from work as a resignation, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The first fully-contested judgment regarding a breach of the Fair Work Act's workplace s-xual harassment provisions has important implications for all employers. This Q&A will unpack the Federal Court's key findings and what organisations can learn from them.
The first fully-contested judgment regarding a breach of the Fair Work Act's workplace s-xual harassment provisions has important implications for all employers. This Q&A will unpack the Federal Court's key findings and what organisations can learn from them.
