An employee's medical exemption from receiving a flu vaccination did not mitigate the risks she posed to other workers and vulnerable clients, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting her unfair dismissal claim.
Despite making no findings, the Fair Work Commission has said an employer should investigate the incident at the centre of an employee's application for stop-sexual-harassment orders.
The Fair Work Commission has provisionally ruled that modern awards should provide employees with an entitlement to paid family and domestic vi-lence leave.
An employer has defended the way it managed a "high achiever", who suffered a psychological injury after behaviour issues were raised during a routine personal development meeting.
Customers are the "lighthouse" example workers use to discuss workplace aggression, but the pandemic has highlighted an increase in peer-to-peer aggression as well, a physician says.
Organisational health can seem "too big and complex" to address, but HR plays a critical role in "triggering the conversation" that pushes it forward, a workplace wellbeing specialist says.
An employee was sacked for repeatedly refusing to attend an assessment prior to returning to work after a year's leave, not because he complained about his employer's "unreasonable demands", a court 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.
