An employee's psychological injury was exacerbated by a performance management process, a tribunal has found in chastising the HR department for failing to help the situation.
Revelations of misconduct emerging from the banking and finance Royal Commission underline the need for all employers to overhaul their approach to setting performance targets, according to a corporate governance expert.
An employer that admitted to sacking an employee after having had "a gutful" of her poor attitude has been ordered to compensate her for unfair dismissal.
Team meetings fall into four distinct categories, and when these are clear to everyone it's much easier to stop them becoming time-wasting talkfests, according to a leadership author.
An HR manager's failure to investigate an employee's complaints about his performance management made his dismissal unfair, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that being placed on two performance improvement plans after receiving "outstanding" work appraisals amounted to bullying.
A manager who claimed his team members deliberately worked against him has won a compensation appeal, after a tribunal found "workplace friction" fell outside the reasonable administrative action exclusion.
A royal commission has highlighted some broad issues with the role of performance incentives, and performance management practices, in driving unwanted workplace cultures and behaviour.
Sudden urgent deadlines and "rampant" email use can give the impression of productivity while actually derailing it, according to an efficiency expert, who says "productivity principles" can move teams from seeming busy to being productive.
Employees are three times more likely to rectify underperformance if managers help them identify and overcome their specific obstacles to improvement, according to a neuroleadership expert.
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.
