HR professionals are experiencing more instances of being named as individual respondents to workplace claims, and case law suggests courts are increasingly willing to hold them personally liable.
The extent to which individuals, including HR professionals, may be found personally liable for workplace breaches continues to expand and change under Australian law. In this webcast a workplace lawyer discusses individual liability issues, including accessorial liability under the Fair Work Act; personal liability under anti-discrimination and adverse action provisions; and much more.
An employee has failed to argue that a "casual" conversation about transfers meant she was pressured to resign, among recent FWC rulings. In other news, the Commission has ordered a seven per cent increase to workers denied a pay rise for five years; workplace wellbeing programs might be failing men; and more.
In the latest instalment in a long-running dispute, the Fair Work Commission has upheld the sacking of a worker who breached his employer's zero-tolerance alcohol policy. Also in this article, Fair Work amendments proposed for gig workers; fixes for Australia's "insecure work crisis"; workplace favouritism findings; and more.
An employer's EA application has failed after it provided "bland" award comparisons; how childcare subsidy changes affect working parents; research outlines the workplace's role in reducing mental illness; and more.
In a case that illustrates the perils of a divided workplace, the Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of two union delegates accused of excluding a contractor from their lunchroom.
Regardless of how involved they are in an enterprise bargaining process, HR professionals can play a vital role in garnering employee support for their organisation's proposals, a lawyer says.
The Australian Industry Group is calling for five "modest and sensible" changes to the Fair Work Act to boost productivity and competitiveness, in response to the ACTU's recent proposals for increasing workers' pay.
This HR Daily Premium webcast outlines enterprise bargaining trends, including HR's supporting role in the lead-up to and during negotiations, and developments in the Fair Work Commission's approval process.
Some employers have successfully stepped up to the task of managing psychosocial safety, but in many other workplaces, initiatives are falling flat. Join us for an HR Daily webinar to understand what's holding back progress in this critical space and how to move forward.