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.
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.
An employee was sacked for using a derogatory term he'd never heard of, based on the evidence of a coworker with a "dead-set agenda" against him, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Modern award wage rates will rise by 4.75% from 1 July, and the national minimum wage will be increased to $1,004.90 per week ($26.44 per hour), the Fair Work Commission has ruled today.
After assuring an HR practitioner that her continuity of service wouldn't be broken when she transitioned from permanent to casual, an employer has nonetheless defeated her subsequent unfair dismissal claim by relying on an 11-day gap between her contracts.
It was highly unlikely an employee would have been sacked if her employer had afforded her "basic procedural fairness", the Fair Work Commission has ruled, in awarding her maximum compensation for unfair dismissal.
An employee's evidence about the ongoing impacts of experiencing workplace harassment was so "tainted by [her] lies" that she couldn't pass the first hurdle in her psych injury damages claim.
A manager wasn't forced to resign due to "ongoing psychological safety hazards"; rather, she just didn't like working for the employer, the Fair Work Commission has found.
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.
