An employer that dismissed its 'worst salesperson' for failing to meet his targets acted unfairly because he received no formal, personal warnings, the FWC has found.
A manager and HR business partner who refused to delay a performance meeting so an employee's preferred support person could attend had no reasonable grounds for doing so, a tribunal has ruled.
The "more human" leadership traits that came to the fore during the pandemic will be crucial to maintain while organisations continue recovering from its impact, according to new research.
A performance improvement plan (PIP) that warned of possible disciplinary action at the bottom of every page came across as punitive but didn't constitute bullying, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A major food manufacturer is taking a team-by-team approach to long-term flexible work, shifting mindsets for high performance and developing charters rather than 'rules'.
A large employer's procedural failings when sacking an underperforming employee "should not have occurred", according to the FWC, which criticised the HR manager for not playing a more active role in the process.
Sacking an employee on sick leave without warning and via text was "extraordinarily callous and unnecessarily harsh", the Fair Work Commission has found in awarding her $21k in compensation.
The Fair Work Commission has accepted an employer's claim that its procedural failures when dismissing an underperforming manager didn't matter to the usual degree, because he had completed the minimum employment period only 11 hours earlier.
An employee who was "coasting along" under a remote manager has successfully challenged his dismissal, on the basis he was never properly warned that his performance wasn't up to scratch.
An organisation that identified burnout as a major threat to its business, even before the pandemic hit, says a combination of biodata, surveys and trend analysis is helping HR to understand the risk and tailor its response.
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