Managing caregiving employees has never been so challenging, and policies that were considered "progressive" not long ago are now just "expected". Watch this webcast to learn what now ranks as best practice and where your organisation can step up.
Employees' participation in employer-organised medical appointments should be "informed and empowered", a commission has ruled in compensating a worker for unfair dismissal.
Although 84% of employees want to keep their current flexible work arrangements, only one in five have the autonomy to choose what lies ahead, and this is set to create some major workplace trust issues, according to Atlassian work futurist Dom Price.
A report into bullying, s-xual harassment and abuse in parliamentary workplaces has identified drivers and made recommendations that have critical relevance for all workplaces, a lawyer says.
An employer played a "causal role" in a senior manager's death when it sent her for an unnecessary heart check as part of a "well-intentioned" but problematic health program, a coroner has ruled.
An employer could have at least tried to end its employment relationship with an "unreliable" worker on "some agreeable terms", instead of sacking him without any procedural fairness, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Most organisations have now settled on their workplace vaccination stance, but in the months ahead plenty of new issues and challenges are sure to arise. This Q&A answers some key questions.
An employee who accused his employer of "inhumane conduct" after it failed to offer him domestic violence leave then made his role redundant has lost his unfair dismissal claim.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
