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Working in a context of increased anxiety is causing leaders to regularly say things that result in "little bruisings" for those below them, and leave employees feeling disregarded and dismissed, a leadership specialist says.

In upholding the sacking of a worker accused of defrauding his employer of $12, a Fair Work Commission member denied him procedural fairness, a full bench has ruled.

Organisations working on exciting projects should "jump" on the opportunity to excite prospective candidates with the information, an employer branding expert says.

Frustration of an employment contract in circumstances of illness or injury "is a difficult concept to establish", a Fair Work Commissioner has noted, in clearing a worker to pursue his unfair dismissal claim.

An employer that's determined to prevent s-xual and gender-based harassment, and have a workplace culture where respect is "the default", has implemented a "living, breathing" plan that goes above and beyond its legislative obligations.

"Human resources could have intervened more effectively" when an employee's concerns about her performance rating continued to escalate, the Fair Work Commission has found.

Relying on repudiation of employment as a reason for termination can be risky, a lawyer says in our latest Q&A.

A Fair Work Commission full bench has clarified when the end of a fixed-term contract might constitute a dismissal, finding that a conditional "promise" of ongoing employment wasn't a contractually binding offer.

Giving prospective hires a preview of working conditions and helping them feel they're "part of the team" as soon as they accept an offer helps to ensure the number who "reneg" stays low, a talent acquisition leader says.

A senior HR advisor's disciplinary process was unnecessarily lengthy and beset with "obvious problems", but that didn't outweigh that she had breached the employer's code of conduct, a commission has ruled.