Dismissing an employee over the phone before the end of his performance improvement plan was fair, the Fair Work Commission has found, in circumstances where he hadn't ever met his sales targets.
The first fully-contested judgment regarding a breach of the Fair Work Act's workplace s-xual harassment provisions has important implications for all employers. This Q&A unpacks the Federal Court's key findings and what organisations can learn from them.
Advising a talent manager "in a totally ad hoc fashion" that his role was becoming redundant "only served to further destabilise his already unstable mental state", a commission has found in a psychological injury dispute.
A commission has refused to strike out parts of a worker's stop-bullying claim, despite accepting some of the alleged conduct didn't occur while she was "at work".
After accusing an employee of misconduct because she'd complained about being forced to take annual leave, an employer then effectively dismissed her when it took her departure from work as a resignation, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee's fourth consecutive fixed-term contract was excluded from the Fair Work Act's limitations, finding he was dismissed.
There appears to be a low level of compliance with employers' positive duty regarding workplace s-xual harassment, with absent or poorly enacted policies common, along with deficient investigations, a lawyer says.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
