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Workplaces lack the leaders employees "yearn for" partly because those with noble goals don't pursue promotions, but HR can foster change by reframing power and leadership, an executive coach says.

Despite an employee's previous warning and the seriousness of an incident that occurred under her watch, the Fair Work Commission has found her dismissal was unfair because her conduct wasn't negligent.

Regularly contacting an employee outside her work hours was unreasonable, but the employer didn't breach the Fair Work Act's right-to-disconnect provisions, a tribunal has found, in the first determination of an alleged contravention.

A managing director was "clearly involved" in the decision to sack an employee, with whom he was embroiled in a "bitter separation dispute", the Fair Work Commission has found in unfair dismissal proceedings.

Workplaces that intensively monitor performance increase the likelihood of their employees de-prioritising valuable discretionary work, an Australian researcher warns.

It was fair to sack an employee for neglecting his duties, despite his concerns about not seeing the footage the employer relied on, the Fair Work Commission has found.

A senior HR leader, who claims he was victimised after raising concerns about his employer's approach to managing women, has failed to convince the Federal Court to grant interim reinstatement orders.

It was "heavy handed" to frame an employee's error as a conduct rather than performance issue, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Amid unrelenting cost-of-living pressure and its ongoing impact on employees, many employers continue to overlook a key way to support employees' wellbeing, an expert says.

Abruptly ending an employee's informal flexible working arrangement caused her to suffer a psychological injury, and wasn't 'reasonable management action', a tribunal has ruled.