Demand for HR professionals reached a high in the past quarter as new financial budgets kicked in, research shows. Meanwhile, $57k compensation awarded for parental leave adverse action; new mental health resources; Woolworths signs a supply chain compliance deed; and more.
The Fair Work Commission this week upheld three employers' unfair dismissal appeals, involving terminations for alcohol breaches, misconduct and poor performance.
The Fair Work Commission has made stop-bullying orders against an employer and three managers who sent "unreasonable" disciplinary letters to an employee and revoked her annual leave approval.
A full bench of the Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of a supervisor whose confrontation with a former subordinate resulted in a carpark altercation.
In a case likely to lead to further litigation against employers, the Fair Work Ombudsman has combined allegations of underpaying overseas workers with discrimination proceedings.
A host employer had every right to request a labour hire company remove a worker from its site, but the labour supplier was also right to push back against the decision, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An executive who was headhunted for an executive role, only to be sacked during probation, has failed to convince a court that pitching the role as "long-term" constituted "misleading and deceptive conduct".
An employer's decision to sack a worker facing indecency charges was reasonable, but it was wrong not to consider alternatives such as redeployment or unpaid leave, the Fair Work Commission has found.
When determining how to respond to news of an employee's criminal charges, employers must always bear in mind the presumption of innocence, a workplace lawyer says.
An employer's failure to follow its own policy didn't automatically "doom" the outcome of its investigation, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, upholding the dismissal of a "loose cannon" who showed no willingness to change.
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.
