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On an initial reading, the High Court's Barker decision seemed "a devastating result" for any legal recognition of good faith in employment relationships, but the consequences actually "may not be so dire", a legal expert says.

Shifting the emphasis in unfair dismissal proceedings off process and onto the reasons for termination would - if implemented - be a welcome change for HR professionals, employment lawyers say.

A redundancy dispute in the Fair Work Commission has clarified what might - and might not - be considered acceptable extra travel time when offering redeployment.

An employer and its managers took unlawful adverse action against an employee when they asked other workers to write complaints that would support their decision to sack her, the Federal Circuit Court has found.

An employer must compensate a manager it dismissed for "unlawfully" reformatting a company laptop to access personal files when his role was made redundant.

A new study has highlighted the top reasons employees and managers fail to accomplish their intended work. In other research, knowledge and opinions we round up today, an employment lawyer warns against zero-tolerance drug and alcohol policies; a data specialist sets ground rules for predictive analytics; and more.

A case in which an employee's role was made redundant following an "informal chat" is a good reminder for HR practitioners to carefully consider their consultation obligations before making redundancies, according to an employment lawyer.

The Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to compensate a manager it dismissed for jokingly asking a colleague to punch another worker in the face.

New research on the impact of tattoos suggests employers have a reason to ban visible body art at work, but it's a fine line between doing what's best for the company and limiting workers' rights to self-expression, an academic says.