An employee's unreasonable and disrespectful behaviour was a "likely" explanation for her manager's bullying conduct, but didn't excuse it, the Fair Work Commission has found in issuing draft stop-bullying orders.
An employer has been ordered to reinstate a worker it sacked for making racist remarks and calling a female colleague a "c-nt", after a commission found his long tenure and contrition mitigated his misconduct.
Probation and minimum employment periods are distinct concepts, but confusion between the two causes many workplace disputes. This Q&A sets out the difference, along with best-practice approaches.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected an employee's unfair dismissal appeal, despite finding a Commissioner was wrong to "protect" him by refusing to admit certain medical evidence in the original hearing.
Major amendments to the Fair Work Act are providing employers with much-needed clarity around casual employment. Watch this webcast to understand exactly what is changing and how to respond.
Where employees' personality traits can impact the quality of work, workplace factors can also drive personality changes, and this has significant implications for managing talent, researchers say.
Psychological injury risks and mental health issues are receiving heightened levels of HR attention in light of pandemic-related stresses and remote working. This webcast discusses employers' legal obligations in this space, including reasonable adjustment considerations and implications for managing work processes.
An employee subject to an injunction has been further restrained from trying to solicit employees away from a workplace relations advisor to a potential competitor.
Overhauling performance management to focus on "really great conversations" and agile goals has had an overwhelming response from employees while allowing HR to cast off its image as "performance police", an HR leader says.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
