Even employees who understand why and when they should speak up about workplace issues won't do so if employers fail to eliminate some common barriers, a lawyer and HR specialist says.
An employer acted lawfully in refusing to offer further shifts to an employee, who was accused of at least 10 separate instances of poor performance or misconduct in the space of a month, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
Under organisations' positive duty to manage workplace s-xual harassment risks, it's crucial to foster a culture where employees feel safe to raise issues. Watch this webcast to learn how to move from simply responding to complaints, to a proactive approach.
An employer could have prevented a long-serving employee's suicide if it followed its own disciplinary procedure and considered alternatives to dismissal, a coroner's court has found.
An employer that sacked three employees for misconduct, without investigating whether their actions were an accepted practice as they claimed, has been ordered to reinstate them with continuity of service and backpay.
An employee who live-streamed her participation in an anti-lockdown protest has failed to convince a commission that her dismissal was harsh because several mitigating factors "clouded" her judgement.
An employer has been warned to do more to meet its positive duty to prevent s-xual harassment, after the Fair Work Commission found an employee's inappropriate behaviour went "unchecked" for years.
Conflicts of interest aren't always problematic, but "hiding or failing to manage one is", according to a new report calling for better education and internal controls.
An employee's private chat about a colleague went beyond any "ordinary level of workplace gossip or venting", and was a "hateful" exchange that warranted her immediate dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The Federal Government has introduced a bill to establish a "new specialist parliamentary human resources agency", to better deal with workplace misconduct.
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.
