An employer did not act in an "unconscionable" or intimidatory manner when accusing an employee of criminal conduct, however it has failed to prove on appeal that its allegations provided a valid reason to sack her.
Employees fearing uncertainty have "so much more power than they realise", and can tap into it by building three mindset muscles, a coaching specialist says.
It's critical to approach conversations about employees' absences with curiosity, instead of going in "like a bull at a gate" with assumptions that could be incorrect, a communication specialist warns.
When an employer mishandles its messaging during redundancies, sometimes the "reputation of the business just cannot recover", a communications specialist says in the wake of a "completely avoidable" PR disaster.
It was reasonable for an employer to accept the resignation of an employee who felt "upset and wronged" after a workplace altercation, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee who insisted performance management and disciplinary processes were "weapons used against him" by hostile managers has lost his psychological injury claim.
Foxtel Group's performance management approach used to be complicated, time-consuming, and inconsistent with its "unique showbiz proposition", but that's no longer the case, its people and culture leader says.
An HR manager's criticism of an employee's "unprofessional behaviour" towards her was misplaced, with the Federal Circuit Court finding most of their interactions were "perfectly ordinary".
"Naming and shaming" employers that breach the positive duty to prevent workplace s-xual harassment is an option for the AHRC, but its primary goal is collaboration, according to S-x Discrimination Commissioner Anna Cody.
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.
