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An employer has failed to prove it sacked a long-serving employee for pushing a colleague, with the Federal Circuit Court finding a "close nexus" between its decision and his workplace complaints.

A tribunal has chastised an acting head of HR who "immediately leapt into punitive action" after discovering an employee had a criminal record, finding her decisions were based on "no background information whatsoever".

Setting clear expectations about "what good looks like" from the start can help leaders avoid workplace conflict, according to a communication specialist.

Adopting a "crisis communications mindset" ahead of next week's release of gender pay gap data will help all reporting employers, even if they're proud of their results, a communications expert says.

An employee has failed to prove she was forced to quit because her employer didn't address her bullying complaints or allow her to work from home "for her safety".

An employer that sacked a worker for "flagrant and continuing" dishonesty has been ordered to pay him $33k in compensation, after it failed to address his behaviour while he was employed.

The benefits of an employee putting themselves in a colleague's shoes during workplace conflicts have been widely recognised, but researchers now say the cost has been largely overlooked.

A general manager who was verbally abused, micromanaged, and pressured to work outside of her contracted hours has been awarded compensation for a psychological injury.

Giving employees more freedom, but within a framework, helps to tackle the challenge of "bare minimum Mondays", a people and culture leader says.

CBA HR managers were "indifferent" to the risks that individual flexibility arrangements weren't meeting employees' EA entitlements, the Federal Court has ruled.