A manager's comments and actions reflected her workplace's "command and control" environment and weren't unreasonable, the Fair Work Commission has found, in refusing to make stop-bullying orders.
When a manager discussed an employee's pregnancy with her colleagues without her consent she wasn't left with no choice but to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found, in dismissing her general protections claim.
Despite damaging her employer's reputation with clients, an employee would have had "reasonable prospects" of improving her performance if she'd been given the chance to do so, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding her unfair dismissal claim.
The Fair Work Commission has allowed a general protections dismissal claim to proceed against an organisation, despite it not directly employing the worker who alleges she was sacked at its direction.
When managers can clearly explain the links between an organisation's financial performance, budget, and remuneration decisions, pay review conversations become an engagement tool rather than a source of disappointment, according to a leadership advisor.
The Fair Work Commission isn't required to obtain an employer's consent before amending an enterprise agreement that it believes doesn't pass the better-off-overall test, a full bench has affirmed.
An employer is reporting higher engagement and lower attrition risks among its workforce, following a technology transformation that increased the visibility of work in its pipeline.
An employee's "bizarre" bullying and harassment allegations were not based on "real events", a tribunal has found, in denying her compensation for a psychological injury.
Amid all the current "noise about technology", organisations should be considering how to upgrade their "human operating systems", by changing their workplace rituals, according to work futurist Dom Price.
An employee was sacked for using a derogatory term he'd never heard of, based on the evidence of a coworker with a "dead-set agenda" against him, the Fair Work Commission has found.
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.
