Discrimination | Page 3 (358 items)

An employee with a criminal record has been awarded $265k in compensation for discrimination, after an HR leader "leapt into punitive action" without seeking any background information.

Although Respect@Work legislation has been in place for some time, employers' responses vary greatly on the spectrum between non-compliance and best practices. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to lift your organisation's game on this critical issue.

An unsuccessful job applicant has failed to prove he suffered discrimination during a recruitment process due to an "unreliable" background check.

An employer was understandably offended by the suggestion it took adverse action against an employee because she disclosed she had autism, the Fair Work Commission has accepted in dismissing her claim.

A probationary employee who said he was going to be "the next Erin Brockovich" has failed to prove he was sacked for raising health and safety concerns, in the first such claim of its type.

An employee wasn't forced to resign by alleged discrimination, but rather she quit voluntarily because she felt "very aggrieved that she had not been promoted", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee who admitted to "a habit of speaking at length" has failed to prove he was put on a PIP due to his race, rather than his difficulties with communication and collaboration.

An absent employee was understandably aggrieved by his employer putting an out-of-office message on his emails stating he was on "mental health leave", however this didn't amount to discrimination, a tribunal has ruled.

An employer discriminated against a pregnant employee when it failed to extend her temporary fixed-term contract, after planning future work for her to do, a commission has ruled.

Withdrawing a job offer after the candidate disclosed a criminal record was "devastating" for her, but ultimately not unlawful discrimination, a tribunal has ruled.