An employer has successfully argued that a sacked employee's true motivation in pursuing an unfair dismissal claim was to exact revenge on her manager.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld an employee's unfair dismissal claim, finding the employer failed to inform him of allegations prior to an investigation meeting, and chose its own support person for him.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an unfair dismissal claim from an employee sacked for assaulting his partner while intoxicated. Also in this article, recent termination rulings; Employsure loses a legal dispute with a client; and much more.
A company that denied employment to a candidate based on his "very serious" criminal conviction has refused to comply with a recommendation to compensate him.
HR professionals are experiencing more instances of being named as individual respondents to workplace claims, and case law suggests courts are increasingly willing to hold them personally liable.
Adverse action claims continue to evolve, with new lessons and implications for HR professionals. In this webcast, a workplace lawyer outlines key adverse action rulings and developments and what they mean for employers' risk-mitigation strategies.
An employee has failed to prove his redundancy was not genuine, despite the Fair Work Commission finding HR could have done more to canvass redeployment options with him.
A new national inquiry into workplace sexual harassment is "long overdue" and will shine a spotlight on HR's prevention efforts. Also in this article, what's known so far about the PageUp data breach risks; research on job insecurity; another state gets labour hire licensing; and more.
Harassment can be so deeply ingrained in an organisation's workplace culture that it becomes 'the new normal', and HR leaders need a more unified approach to preventing and addressing it, experts warn.
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.
