An employee aimed to "attack the competence" of an organisation's directors to make his own evidence more persuasive, but this didn't make his unfair dismissal claim vexatious, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The general protections claim of an employee seeking more than $100 million is again underway, after a full bench of the Fair Work Commission found his actions against 18 respondents shouldn't have been dismissed.
As the world changes at increasing speed, leaders must be "more prepared than ever" to let go of the knowledge that got them to where they are today, says a former global executive with Microsoft, Apple and IBM.
An employer that continued to accuse a sacked worker of engaging in criminal conduct has been denied leave to appeal against paying her $14k for unfair dismissal.
Employers needn't "start from scratch" when it comes to managing psychosocial health, but must tailor their approach to their particular business risks, says a CPO who oversaw development of an award-winning framework.
Communicating via email and chat apps during non-work hours reduces employees' ability to psychologically detach from work, more so than any other form of IT-based communication, research has found.
A ruling that an employee's performance-based dismissal was unfair contained numerous errors, a full bench of the FWC has found, in clarifying what constitutes "harsh" under the Fair Work Act.
Media stereotypes that exaggerate HR roles as "overly bureaucratic or ineffective" mirror the real credibility issue that practitioners face, but these negative perceptions can be overcome.
Public reporting of "alarming" inappropriate behaviour in workplaces should spur all employers to more proactively address their psychosocial risks, an expert 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.
