Employees in inclusive teams report far less experience of s-xual harassment at work, according to a new report calling on employers to view inclusion as a preventative strategy.
A transgender employee has successfully claimed his employer discriminated against him, after it stored his former name and allowed it to be disclosed during internal recruitment processes.
This HR Daily Premium webcast will review some of the most important unfair dismissal claims from 2026, analysing how they were assessed by the Fair Work Commission, and what each ruling means for employers' risk mitigation strategies.
Even if a senior manager objected to a proposed secondment, he wasn't exercising a workplace complaint or enquiry, so his dismissal wasn't unlawful adverse action, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
More organisations are taking psychosocial safety seriously, but not enough are taking the "next step" beyond regulatory compliance, according to the CEO of Beyond Blue.
An employer has failed to overturn a reinstatement order for an employee sacked for a positive cannabis test, with a Fair Work Commission full bench rejecting that the ruling cast doubt on the validity of workplace D&A policies more broadly.
Most employers know how to identify underperformance, but case law suggests far fewer know how to address it safely, fairly and effectively every time.
Requiring an employee to adhere to her performance improvement plan "to the letter" was "so lacking in fairness and flexibility" that it wasn't objectively reasonable, a commission has ruled in psychological injury proceedings.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
