Public reporting of "alarming" inappropriate behaviour in workplaces should spur all employers to more proactively address their psychosocial risks, an expert says.
Leadership is the first of seven areas employers must address to meet their positive duty to eliminate s-xual harassment, but what is "proportionate and appropriate" will vary between organisations, a workplace lawyer says.
Although Respect@Work legislation has been in place for some time, employers' responses vary greatly on the spectrum between non-compliance and best practices. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to lift your organisation's game on this critical issue.
"Simple life experience" should have taught an employee not to bully and humiliate his co-worker, according to the Fair Work Commission, but a lack of evidence that he was trained in workplace policies meant his dismissal was harsh.
Nine Entertainment has a systemic issue with abuse of power and authority; bullying, discrimination and harassment; and s-xual harassment, a review of its culture has found.
The employee cohort most at risk of experiencing s-xual harassment and victimisation at work is also at risk of suffering more profoundly, and researchers say targeted solutions are "urgently required".
Employers continue to face shifting boundaries regarding their ability to address misconduct that occurs outside the workplace or normal working hours. Watch this webcast for an update on recent case law and best practices.
The potential for an employee's behaviour in an airport lounge to cause "serious damage" to her work relationship meant she couldn't argue it was out-of-hours conduct unworthy of dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
After allegedly rushing a CEO's sacking to deny him the opportunity to claim unfair dismissal, an employer has been ordered to reinstate him until his adverse action claim can be determined.
Rushing a sexual harassment investigation to meet a business deadline denied an employee procedural fairness, a Fair Work Commissioner has found, while accepting that his behaviour was "totally unacceptable" and the end result would have been the same.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
