Employers shouldn't proceed towards dismissal as if "all bets are off" once an employee has exceeded the Fair Work Act's temporary absence threshold, the Fair Work Commission has warned.
An employer's failure to appropriately accommodate an injured employee's restrictions upon her return to work caused her to suffer a compensable psychological injury, a tribunal has found.
It was "hypercritical" of an HR practitioner to characterise an employee's allegations against his manager as "misleading", when the facts underpinning them were essentially true, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Letting its people loose on social media with such freedom that onlookers were "aghast" helped an employer tap into one of the greatest marketing tools at its disposal, according to a leader instrumental in its growth.
It was fair to dismiss an employee who didn't return to work for 15 months after making a s-xual harassment complaint, the Fair Work Commission has found.
HR managers' responsibility burden and emotional demands are the biggest factors in the role's mental health hazard exposure, according to new research on psychosocial risks.
A Philippines-based contract worker has been cleared to pursue a general protections claim, with the Fair Work Commission finding she was an "Australian-based employee".
An employee's complaints against two colleagues weren't covered by the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions, and his dismissal wasn't unlawful, the Federal Circuit Court has found.
No matter how skilled and experienced a leader is, they can't perform at their best if they don't understand their own biology, a leadership and performance specialist says.
Interactions between a "bad tempered" manager and "difficult" supervisor were "a mutually driven personality clash" rather than bullying, a court has found in rejecting a $6.8 million damages claim, with costs.
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