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An employee who resigned in the "heat of the moment" was dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, finding the employer failed to clarify whether she "really intended" her action.

Ikea's new enterprise agreement "walks the talk on inclusion", and allows access to benefits such as paid parental leave "from day one", a leader in its people and culture team says.

A candidate is claiming an employer should have determined her "employability" based on details included in her resume, and not from an "inaccurate" personality assessment made by artificial intelligence.

To avoid exhaustion and remain effective in their roles, leaders need to prioritise self-care and avoid playing the "solo show", says a workplace researcher.

An employee has won nearly $20k compensation after her employer summarily dismissed her, with the Fair Work Commission finding it failed to properly investigate allegations that her bullying behaviour caused three colleagues to resign.

After learning that its employees felt ill-equipped to deal with conflict, an organisation has built conversation skills in more than a third of its 4,200-strong workforce, and the results are palpable, its learning experience business partner says.

An employee voluntarily resigned because he couldn't let go of a workplace grievance, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, finding he could have instead followed his employer's directions to stop all disrespectful communications.

The Federal Court has ordered a continued injunction against a misconduct investigation, finding it possible that the employer's process breached its enterprise agreement.

An employer's "abrupt" dismissal of a poor performing employee, after finding he "wasted" seven hours browsing non-work-related websites, was procedurally deficient, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employer has overcome local skills shortages and achieved an ambitious hiring target, using market-leading data analysis and talent mapping strategies.