Dismissing an employee because he wouldn't agree to his image or voice being shared on social media, unless he was paid extra for it, amounted to unlawful adverse action, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
Adopting a new approach to conflict management, and embedding alternative dispute resolution practices in everyday leadership, has helped an employer reduce its formal grievances by almost half, its HR leader says.
The way a manager responded to misconduct allegations gave his employer "no reason to hope" he would comply with its code of conduct in future, a commission has found in rejecting his unfair dismissal claim.
Many employers are now far more attuned to their employees' vicarious trauma exposure, but what they might not realise is their high performers are the most at risk, and that the signs can stay "hidden" in these workers for much longer, according to a mental health expert.
An employer has unsuccessfully tried to block a s-xual harassment dispute, arguing it had no utility because it was lodged by a former employee it would "never" hire again, and who had also filed a claim in the Australian Human Rights Commission.
It was reasonably foreseeable that accommodating an employee's preferred rostering arrangement would prompt similar requests from other workers, potentially causing an employer to suffer "significant" efficiency and productivity losses, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The Fair Work Commission has dismissed an employee's s-xual harassment dispute, confirming it couldn't deal with the matter because at the time of her application her claims in other tribunals hadn't yet failed or been withdrawn.
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