Despite "profoundly troubling" evidence about an employee's inappropriate workplace interactions, a Fair Work Commission full bench has declined to overturn a finding that his dismissal was unfair.
An employee's "odd and difficult" behaviours led to personality clashes with supervisors, which in turn aggravated his bipolar disorder and rendered his employer liable for workers' compensation, a commission has ruled.
Despite suspecting an employee intended "two extremely inappropriate gestures" as jokes, the Fair Work Commission has ruled they justified his dismissal.
Researchers have developed a new metric that they say gives HR leaders a diagnostic lens for job design, employee development, and retention strategies.
An imperfect disciplinary process and differential treatment of an employee didn't undermine an employer's valid reason to sack her for misconduct, but the Fair Work Commission has nonetheless ordered her reinstatement.
Some organisations are still trying to enforce strict office mandates, while others are truly embracing flexibility. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to join the ranks of HR practitioners making flexibility 'business as usual' in their organisations.
Foreshadowing the resumption of an absent employee's performance management process wasn't "retaliatory" after she complained about her workplace culture, the Fair Work Commission has found, in accepting she wasn't forced to quit.
The way that many employers approach workplace s-xual harassment training won't change problematic behaviour at work, and can even do more harm than good, a culture specialist warns.
Being the subject of an apprehended domestic violence order application does not attract protection from adverse action under the Fair Work Act, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
When employers are disappointed in the value derived from their talent investments, it's often because they've made decisions "one level too high", according to an authority on human performance.
Workplace bullying complaints continue to pose significant challenges for employers, including where the behaviour doesn't meet the legal definition of bullying or the threshold to make a claim. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to understand key lessons from cases where bullying complaints interact with other claims and issues.
What constitutes "best practice" when managing neurodiversity at work is evolving all the time. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to learn how to embed neuroinclusive practices into HR programs and every stage of the employment lifecycle.
