An underperforming employee who normally would have been sacked during probation "slipped through the cracks", but his manager's diligent performance management process made the dismissal fair.
The pandemic has highlighted mental health as a major issue that employers can't ignore, and in this Q&A a lawyer sets out some considerations for fostering a culture where employees feel comfortable to disclose conditions.
An employer that was unaware of an employee's significant mental health condition, which affected his work performance and relationships with managers, is not liable to compensate him for his injury.
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.
Workplace bullying complaints continue to pose significant challenges for employers, including where the behaviour doesn't meet the legal definition of bullying or the threshold to make a claim. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to understand key lessons from cases where bullying complaints interact with other claims and issues.
What constitutes "best practice" when managing neurodiversity at work is evolving all the time. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to learn how to embed neuroinclusive practices into HR programs and every stage of the employment lifecycle.
