An employer that admitted to sacking an employee after having had "a gutful" of her poor attitude has been ordered to compensate her for unfair dismissal.
A managing director who criticised an employee in front of colleagues and referred to her boyfriend as a "party boy" overstepped the mark, but the behaviour wasn't bullying, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employee who was sacked for inappropriate behaviour and comments towards young female workers has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected in the Fair Work Commission.
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Two years into its lean management strategy, efficiencies, quality of work and employee engagement continue to improve at Western Union, according to its APAC head of HR.
An employer has successfully argued that a sacked employee's true motivation in pursuing an unfair dismissal claim was to exact revenge on her manager.
Convincing stakeholders to invest in workplace initiatives and embrace change remains a challenging task for most HR professionals. The solution is greater professional influence, and this webcast explains how to build it.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld an employee's unfair dismissal claim, finding the employer failed to inform him of allegations prior to an investigation meeting, and chose its own support person for him.
A company that denied employment to a candidate based on his "very serious" criminal conviction has refused to comply with a recommendation to compensate him.
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.
