General protections claims are increasingly in the spotlight as more and more employees seek to exercise their workplace rights and challenge employers' decisions. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to understand how to navigate this area.
Technical issues that prevented an employee from working from home for a few days were "hardly of sufficient gravity" to force him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The integrity of an employer's misconduct investigation has been criticised, with the Fair Work Commission finding it substantiated allegations against an employee before he had a proper opportunity to respond.
Asking an employee to attend a disciplinary meeting and provide a medical certificate for his unauthorised absence wasn't "coercion", the Fair Work Commission has found in unfair dismissal proceedings.
Employees resist using EAPs because they fear being perceived as weak, or they see them as a performance management tool rather than aiding wellbeing, research shows.
A candidate's job offer was never finalised because the prospective employer had a "profoundly negative reaction" to one of his referees, not because he had made an unfair dismissal claim several years earlier, a commission has ruled.
Employers that let vendors be the primary decision-makers when it comes to talent risk amassing "talent clones" instead of identifying a "kaleidoscope of talent", an academic says.
A worker could have followed formal grievance processes rather than leaving her job, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting her constructive dismissal claim.
There are clear links between job crafting and increased engagement, so employers should "absolutely" be fostering conditions for it to happen, an HR advisor says.
An employer has been slammed for its unreasonable, aggressive and "potentially unlawful" conduct towards a manager who had resigned, with the Fair Work Commission finding it sacked her when it "waived" her notice period.
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.
After years of legislative and regulatory changes, employers' key compliance challenges continue to shift and evolve. Attend this webinar to catch up on recent developments and their HR implications, preparing you and your organisation for what lies ahead.
