As Australia's vaccination roll-out progresses, new issues and challenges are arising for HR professionals. Here, an employment lawyer answers 12 key workplace-related questions on this topic.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered the reinstatement of an employee who was sacked for breaching his employer's code of conduct after being convicted of drink driving.
A candidate who failed to meet the conditions of her employment offer and never started the job has claimed her prospective employer engaged in unlawful adverse action.
An employer's "rigid" workplace made it impossible to accommodate an injured employee's return to work following a lengthy absence, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in upholding his dismissal.
An employee has unsuccessfully argued he was denied a chance to "be more vigilant" about his workplace behaviour because his colleagues didn't expressly say he made them feel uncomfortable.
An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that he didn't take a breathalyser test before starting work due to COVID concerns, then didn't pass it because he'd consumed throat lozenges.
An employer unlawfully dismissed a former HR manager after its new managing director took issue with her "perfectly plausible" work and acted on a misunderstanding, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
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An HR manager was "extremely" quick to assume an employee who took sick leave after being assigned new responsibilities was abusing his entitlements, the Federal Circuit Court has found in upholding his adverse action claim.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
