The Fair Work Commission has allowed a general protections dismissal claim to proceed against an organisation, despite it not directly employing the worker who alleges she was sacked at its direction.

Failing to confirm whether a distressed employee meant to quit during an emotional conversation resulted in his dismissal, despite his employer having no intention to let him go, the Fair Work Commission has found.

When managers can clearly explain the links between an organisation's financial performance, budget, and remuneration decisions, pay review conversations become an engagement tool rather than a source of disappointment, according to a leadership advisor.

The Fair Work Commission isn't required to obtain an employer's consent before amending an enterprise agreement that it believes doesn't pass the better-off-overall test, a full bench has affirmed.

Salary growth remains "modest" for HR professionals, according to a major remuneration report.

An employer is reporting higher engagement and lower attrition risks among its workforce, following a technology transformation that increased the visibility of work in its pipeline.

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An employee's "bizarre" bullying and harassment allegations were not based on "real events", a tribunal has found, in denying her compensation for a psychological injury.

Amid all the current "noise about technology", organisations should be considering how to upgrade their "human operating systems", by changing their workplace rituals, according to work futurist Dom Price.

The Fair Work Commission will be able to resolve disputes about whether an employee has been dismissed without conducting a hearing, under proposed changes to the Fair Work Act.