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.
Female employees should not have to tell their older superiors that they don't want to be sent salacious texts, the Fair Work Commission has stressed, in finding an employee's dismissal for sending "sexually loaded" messages to colleagues was fair.
The extent to which individuals, including HR professionals, may be found personally liable for workplace breaches continues to expand and change under Australian law. In this webcast a workplace lawyer discusses individual liability issues, including accessorial liability under the Fair Work Act; personal liability under anti-discrimination and adverse action provisions; and much more.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
