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The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employer for its "dysfunctional" and "shambolic" workplace culture, and ordered it to compensate an employee for unfair dismissal.

Nearly 75 per cent of Australian women are dissatisfied with the outcomes of their workplace s-xual harassment complaints, new research shows. Also in this article, the HR challenges posed by the "emotional economy"; employer ordered to improve bullying responses; which practices build employee resilience; and more.

An employee's psychological injury was exacerbated by a performance management process, a tribunal has found in chastising the HR department for failing to help the situation.

HR professionals should prepare for unions' increasing reliance on social media as a way to put pressure on employers, a legal expert says.

An injured employee foolishly rejected his employer's reasonable offers of redeployment, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding his dismissal.

The Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to reinstate an employee who was sacked after an altercation with a colleague it described as "volatile and unpredictable".

A rejected appeal in a long-running case effectively clears casual employees to "double dip" on entitlements and requires urgent legislative change, authorities say.

A case before the Federal Court has implications for most employers in Australia and could potentially cost them millions in unpaid leave entitlements.

The Fair Work Commission has rejected employer requests to amend the casual conversion clause set to come into effect in most modern awards on 1 October, but it has provided some important clarification on how it operates. Also in this article, most LGBTIQ+ employees remain closeted at work, lowering job satisfaction and wellbeing; tattoo discrimination is a thing of the past; internal promotions lack rigour; and more.