A royal commission has highlighted some broad issues with the role of performance incentives, and performance management practices, in driving unwanted workplace cultures and behaviour.
An HR manager with "significant practical and academic experience" denied an employee procedural fairness when he summarily dismissed him for breaching a workplace policy, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The high-profile dismissal of a South32 employee for workplace swearing has been overturned on appeal for being "harsh". Also in this article, new rulings on bullying and performance management; demand for contingent staff drops; APAC talent leaders are embracing gig workers; and more.
An employee who was denied the opportunity to learn from his mistakes because he wasn't informed of numerous customer complaints against him has successfully claimed unfair dismissal.
Two change managers contributed to an employee's psychological injury by waiting more than nine months to respond to his requests for relocation and meaningful duties during a restructure, a tribunal has found.
An employer breached its duty of care to an employee when it offered him a job without assessing whether he was psychologically suited to its challenges, a court has ruled.
In workplace investigations, assessing the credibility of conflicting evidence can give much-needed weight to misconduct and harassment findings, but many HR professionals shy away from the job, an expert says.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld an employee's stop-bullying application, after finding an HR advisor and manager unreasonably refused to investigate her bullying complaints.
Qantas was right to sack an employee after an altercation he described as mere "argy-bargy", the Fair Work Commission has ruled. Also in this article, EVP trends; executive pay issues; research on parental leave and upskilling; and more.
Some longstanding assumptions about outer-limit contracts have been thrown into doubt in the wake of a decision finding a contract's non-renewal amounted to dismissal, an employment lawyer says.
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.
