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Rigorous recruiting for cultural fit has helped an employer achieve high financial results and customer satisfaction scores, while keeping attrition below 10 per cent.

An employer has lost its appeal against paying workers' compensation to a driver it claimed to have engaged as an independent contractor.

An employer that failed to take timely action in response to bullying and harassment complaints against a director has been ordered to pay her $1.5 million in damages.

Efforts to increase cross-company collaboration at Colliers International have driven a "fundamental mindset change" resulting in higher-quality productivity and efficiency, the company's head of performance says.

An employer's procedural errors weren't so great as to make a manager's dismissal for drinking while at work unfair, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. Meanwhile, an employee's mass email speculating about job cuts justified his sacking, while another's abusive response to an "overly keen" supervisor also warranted termination.

An employer has significantly increased employees' remuneration satisfaction by switching to a data-based, transparent approach to awarding pay rises.

An employer that told a pregnant employee her role was being made redundant two days before she went on maternity leave took unlawful adverse action against her, a court has ruled.

An employer has been given the go-ahead to cross-claim $450,000 against a former salesperson, who it alleges misled the company about his skills and experience.

Gaining employee input is at the heart of all people initiatives at an award-winning online education company, from deciding which candidates to recruit, through to how to execute new business ideas.