The Fair Work Commission has criticised an employer for compromising some fundamental rights when conducting psychometric assessments, but ultimately ruled a worker's dismissal was fair.
Coles has shared how it handled recruitment demand escalating by more than five-fold over four weeks at the height of COVID-19's impact on supermarkets.
Many employers are now preparing or transitioning back to workplaces, and this has given rise to questions around managing employee pushback, safety obligations and liabilities, long-term flexibility, and more. Here, an employment lawyer answers some key questions.
Among the many workplace changes COVID-19 has sparked is a long overdue shift in the way both employers and employees view sick leave, an HR leader says.
An employer needn't wait for a potential crisis to materialise before taking action to protect its business, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, in accepting a redundancy prompted by early COVID-19 concerns was genuine.
A tribunal full bench has criticised a judge for failing to consider the domestic abuse implications of reinstating an employee who was sacked for stalking a colleague.
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted organisations in countless ways, but it also provides an opportunity to reset some important elements of workplace culture. This webinar discusses team rebalancing, listening strategies, and welfare discussions.
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.
