An external email implying an employee was sacked for "disciplinary reasons" was defamatory, a court has ruled in awarding him more than $230k in damages.
An employee's unsuccessful return to work was not in any way his employer's fault, the Federal Court has ruled, finding it "bent over backwards" to make reasonable adjustments once it became aware of his mental illness.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered the Australian Workers' Union to back down on a bargaining ultimatum that it found was based on an irrelevant grievance, breaching good faith bargaining obligations.
A long-serving employee could have avoided dismissal had she been honest about drinking on the job, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. Also in this article: the five characteristics of self-disruptive leaders; organisations lack change-readiness; and more.
Salary projections for top HR managers are as much as $50k higher than a year ago, according to Robert Half's 2019 guide. Also in this article, the FWC has rejected that a casual employee's dismissal was a genuine redundancy; and more.
An employer has successfully defended dismissing an employee for supplying illicit drugs in the workplace, security breaches and possessing porn, despite his claim its procedures were flawed.
The new reality of workplace compliance enforcement is that large, sophisticated employers are regularly being caught out for inadvertent breaches, says former Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James.
An employee who claimed HR meetings were a "direct cause" of his psychiatric condition has been denied compensation, after a commission found the HR department did everything it could to assist him.
An employee who sent numerous texts to a colleague calling him "toy boy" and referencing molestation has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he shouldn't have been sacked for harassment.
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.
