An employer's "textbook" performance management process has helped it defend an unfair dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission rejecting the employee's claims that system errors and team-wide backlogs explained his shortcomings.
A recent Federal Court ruling heightens employers' obligations to take s-xual harassment complaints seriously, even when there's no witnesses to the alleged conduct, a lawyer says.
Recent constructive dismissal claims highlight the risks involved in accepting a resignation from an employee who is experiencing mental health issues. Watch this Q&A to understand the rulings' implications for all employers.
No amount of turnover in an HR team could explain the "grossly excessive" time it took to act on a recommendation to terminate a suspended employee, the Fair Work Commission has criticised.
It wasn't unreasonable or unjust to find a long-serving employee's "sheer number of absences" weighed in favour of his dismissal being valid, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled.
Effective competency and capability frameworks can boost performance and productivity, but too often they're a set of stagnant documents instead of active systems, a specialist warns.
Although an employee became "disillusioned" during her performance management, the process was fair, and she had options other than agreeing to terminate her employment, the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting her unfair dismissal claim.
Some HR functions could shrink by up to 50% over the next four years as part of the "agentic revolution", while delivering significantly more value, according to a leading consulting firm.
Recent constructive dismissal claims highlight the risks involved in accepting a resignation from an employee who is experiencing mental health issues. Watch this Q&A to understand the rulings' implications for all employers.
