An employer that followed a clause in its enterprise agreement "in form rather than substance" when investigating alleged misconduct took an approach that could "only be described as procedurally unfair", the FWC has ruled.
One of the most important aspects of executive remuneration is also the part employers often ignore when drafting employment contracts, warns lawyer Brett Feltham.
Blurring boundaries between work and personal time pose increasingly complex risks for employers. Watch this webcast to understand the extent to which you can monitor and manage worker conduct that occurs outside of the traditional workplace and hours.
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An employee who was subjected to "such a vehement and vitriolic dressing down" from his manager that he became unfit for work has failed to convince the Federal Court that the incident, and his employer's failure to properly investigate it, constituted adverse action and breached his employment contract.
The media frenzy surrounding a fashion retailer's controversial code of conduct is just one of the risks employers face when they have obscure or onerous workplace policies, warns a lawyer.
The Federal Court has clarified a grey area of the Fair Work Act, ruling on the rate at which employees should be paid out their annual leave entitlements upon termination.
Dangers abound for employers that "rigidly" follow their workplace policies when determining which adjustments are reasonable to help employees return to work, says a lawyer.
An employer's restrained approach to disciplining a worker was "commendable", the Fair Work Commission has ruled, while noting courts are more often "critical and sometimes scathing" of HR practices.
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.
