Minor workplace grievances are increasingly building to an "explosion" point because employees aren't equipped to tackle them early, and hybrid working is pouring fuel on this fire, a conflict expert says.
An employee who admitted to smoking marijuana while on annual leave was not unfairly sacked over a positive test when he returned to work, nor treated less fairly than his colleagues, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A manager who privately vented about his stressful and "toxic" workplace was appropriately sacked for misconduct, with a commission finding he contributed to the negative culture.
Given that ideas surrounding gender are "always evolving", it's important to transition those ideas into policies and practices, says the people leader at an award-winning LGBT-inclusive employer.
Employers risk losing new hires due to a values misalignment if they're not crystal clear during recruitment about responsibilities and expectations, an Australian academic says.
An employee had "legitimate privacy concerns" about her employer's vaccination history request and was unfairly sacked for resisting it, a commission has ruled in awarding her 14 weeks' compensation.
Employers have increasingly relied on technology to create virtual and remote workplaces in the past two years, and research suggests the metaverse might be the "next big thing".
A new ruling on whether a casual was entitled to claim unfair dismissal indicates a significant "shift" in the Fair Work Commission's approach, an employment lawyer says.
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