The Federal Court has shed new light on the distinction between 'recall to duty' and 'overtime' - an increasingly complex issue for employers as workers perform more duties remotely and outside traditional hours.
An employer has been ordered to compensate an HR officer for unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission found it was too quick to sack her for poor performance.
An employee who was described as not the "archetypal victim of s-xual harassment" has been awarded $150k in damages, after a tribunal found he was humiliated and suffered psychological injuries when he had to clean up a staged "s-x romp".
An employer that was justified in making a pregnant employee's role redundant, but failed to consult her about redeployment, has been ordered to compensate her for unfair dismissal.
A tribunal has found a senior HR partner, whose practice was not to keep records of HR matters, pressured an employee to resign because of her disability.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered two employers to compensate employees they sacked for serious misconduct after conducting flawed investigations, and has found another two employers fairly dismissed employees for aggressive behaviour.
A simple education program could have helped an employer avoid vicarious liability for a male worker's naked advances on a female employee, a tribunal has ruled.
A ruling that an employer unfairly sacked a worker for tagging colleagues in s-xually explicit material online highlights one of the complex HR hot spots employers are likely to face this year.
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.
