Dress codes have mostly been phased out, but organisations still need to be wary of not discriminating in their expectations of employees' appearances, a lawyer warns.
A senior executive sacked after numerous run-ins with HR staff has won reinstatement plus nearly $1m in backpay. Also in this article, new rulings on workplace investigation failures; getting men more engaged with gender equality; and more.
An employer that threatened to send an employee back to the Philippines for breaking its "no relationships" rule has been ordered to compensate both her and her co-worker for unfair dismissal.
An employee who claimed his co-workers conspired with his employer to falsify s-xual harassment complaints against him has lost his unfair dismissal claim.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected an employer's appeal against interim stop-bullying orders, finding they wouldn't cause it any significant inconvenience.
A court has rejected that an employee's deed of release precluded her being sued for $320k in misappropriated funds discovered after she was dismissed. Also in this article, a warning on wage growth; mapping cultural diversity; and more.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to reinstate a worker sacked over "one act of inoffensive drunkenness", after her employer botched its investigation into her misconduct.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a claim that an employee was forced to resign because his employer failed to take appropriate action against a manager who threatened him.
A tribunal has awarded an employee compensation for a psychiatric injury caused in part by her employer's failure to act upon her multiple bullying complaints.
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.
