An employee has won compensation for a psychological injury he suffered after a colleague, with whom he'd been embroiled in conflict for years, was promoted and threatened to "go after" him.
The role of a manager has become "completely unmanageable", due to "an overflowing set of responsibilities and insufficient support from above", a Gartner director says.
An employer has defended sacking an absent employee after an independent medical assessment found "malignant resentment" prevented her from ever being fit to return.
A casual employee has failed to prove a Centrelink notification was evidence she had been dismissed, with the Fair Work Commission finding her employer had temporarily removed her from its payroll system due to business conditions.
An employee's private chat about a colleague went beyond any "ordinary level of workplace gossip or venting", and was a "hateful" exchange that warranted her immediate dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An organisation is changing how its employees think about emerging technologies by allowing them to experiment with AI to streamline their work, according to its CPO.
A rise in employees "weaponising" bullying allegations for strategic reasons now requires a more measured response from HR, according to an employment lawyer.
"Ongoing" performance monitoring, along with a team leader's management style and a heavy workload, caused an employee's psychological injury, a commission has ruled in rejecting an employer's 'reasonable action' defence.
An employer has failed to prove that accommodating an injured employee's return to work would have caused it unjustifiable hardship, with the Federal Circuit Court ordering it to pay him $44k for discrimination.
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.