An employer's failure to suspend a manager "at any time" during a 10-month investigation into aggressive conduct allegations has undermined its decision to dismiss him.
An always-on feedback channel is driving some key initiatives at an employer of choice, where workers feel confident that what they say will "make a difference", its HR leader says.
The former CEO of Harrier Group was summarily dismissed for deliberately misusing her work credit card while the company was struggling financially, not because she raised bullying and pay issues, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
It's easy to respond to stress unthinkingly, but the simple act of encouraging employees to consider what they need can help them to be less reactive in the moment, a performance expert says.
An employee's "severe error in judgement" in attending work while intoxicated outweighed his employer's "meaningful failure" to check on his welfare after sending him home, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The single most impactful thing hybrid leaders can do is to create "glue" in workplaces, by "sticking together, bonding and fusing talented people", a leadership expert says.
"Coworker quality" has recently become a much more important driver for employees making decisions about leaving and joining organisations, new research shows.
An employer has convinced a commission there are "no reasonable means by which it can create a role that a man can perform", and has been granted an exemption from discrimination laws.
A team leader who choked a colleague and threatened to kill another after they "provoked" him was fairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, rejecting that his actions were a "fight or flight" response and therefore justified.
Despite enormous attention being paid to managing emergent psychosocial risks, many employers' strategies are now stalling or even backfiring. Watch this webcast to understand how to boost wellness and performance, build cognitive fitness, and beat burnout.
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.
