An employment lawyer has warned HR against dismissing underperforming workers without following formal processes, despite the Fair Work Commission recently validating such an approach.
An employee has been granted compensation for a psychological injury he developed after managers accused him of holding up a project by following safety rules.
An employer has been ordered to reinstate an employee it sacked for aggressively swearing at supervisors, after a commission found "unnecessarily restrictive" management prompted his outburst.
Changes to overseas worker sponsorship have thrown up considerable challenges for HR professionals managing workers under the existing scheme. This webcast contains practical guidance on transitional arrangements and how to prepare for the new regime.
In the absence of official guidance on appropriate timeframes for employees to consider redundancy and redeployment issues, an employment lawyer urges employers to prioritise good communication over a hasty process.
The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employer's "callous" dismissal of a mentally ill employee, while noting its "unfortunate" approach occurs frequently in successful unfair dismissal cases.
An employer had a valid reason to summarily dismiss an employee for sending abusive emails from his work address, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, finding they had the potential to damage the organisation's reputation.
Employers' obligations around redeployment remain one of the most misunderstood areas of restructures and redundancies, whether involving just one role or hundreds. In this webcast, an employment lawyer clarifies the 'genuine redundancy' exemption to unfair dismissal claims, role characteristics that make redeployment reasonable or otherwise, and more.
Making an HR coordinator's role redundant just days after she started working in it did not amount to unfair dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
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.
