Despite suspecting an employee intended "two extremely inappropriate gestures" as jokes, the Fair Work Commission has ruled they justified his dismissal.
Workers' 'mindset behaviours' influence their risk of psychological strain, and understanding them allows leaders to intervene before issues manifest as burnout, absenteeism or compensation claims, according to a new paper.
Researchers have developed a new metric that they say gives HR leaders a diagnostic lens for job design, employee development, and retention strategies.
An imperfect disciplinary process and differential treatment of an employee didn't undermine an employer's valid reason to sack her for misconduct, but the Fair Work Commission has nonetheless ordered her reinstatement.
An order to reinstate an employee is set to be reconsidered, after his employer successfully argued that important evidence supporting its serious misconduct allegations wasn't just "hearsay".
Some organisations are still trying to enforce strict office mandates, while others are truly embracing flexibility. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to join the ranks of HR practitioners making flexibility 'business as usual' in their organisations.
HR professionals are again being urged to reconsider their definition of remuneration, to bridge the growing disconnect between employee and employer expectations.
Foreshadowing the resumption of an absent employee's performance management process wasn't "retaliatory" after she complained about her workplace culture, the Fair Work Commission has found, in accepting she wasn't forced to quit.
The way that many employers approach workplace s-xual harassment training won't change problematic behaviour at work, and can even do more harm than good, a culture specialist warns.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
