An employer's HR practices have been scrutinised in a workplace bullying review, revealing inferior grievance management and recruitment processes. Also in this article, why bored managers design boring jobs; HR's expanding role and skillset; and more.
An employee who claimed her comments about a supervisor's weight were a "scientific fact" rather than bullying has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission she was unfairly dismissed.
The Fair Work Commission has found an employer had a valid reason to dismiss an employee for breaching its D&A policy, but the dismissal was harsh because of its HR manager's "pattern of overreach" towards him.
Certain HR practices allow corruption and misconduct to flourish, a new report warns. Also in this article, regulation proposals for the future of work, illegal questions in job interviews are still common, and more.
An employee's stop-bullying application has been rejected, after the Fair Work Commission found the employer's head of HR successfully eliminated the risk of workplace bullying.
An employer was wrong to sack a manager over "implausible" and unfounded allegations that he engaged in racist behaviour and threatened to sack a new employee, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A long-running case that challenged precedents on compensation for psych injuries has been decided in the employer's favour. Also in this article, NAB reveals how it intends to drive cultural change in the wake of the Royal Commission; calls for bullying victims to receive compensation; and more.
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.
