An absent employee did not abandon his employment, the Fair Work Commission has found, but rather his employer showed a "troubling and inexcusable disinterest" in his welfare prior to sacking him.
The Fair Work Commission has clarified the extent of some of its powers regarding s-xual harassment allegations that traverse the period before and after relevant amendments to the Fair Work Act.
Return-to-office drives will encounter "intense headwinds" if they're perceived as more employer-friendly than employee-friendly, according to academics with advice for organisations' policies, messaging and implementation.
In a general protections case that identified 188 workplace complaints or enquiries, an employee failed to specify which "particular" prohibited reasons led to his termination, the Federal Circuit Court has found.
When there's "drama" in a team, leaders should look for habits and systems that drain people's energy rather than assume the problem is difficult personalities, a leadership specialist says.
High anxiety rates among younger employees are now having a major impact on both the feedback managers give to teams, and how it's received, a leadership specialist says.
An employer held an "unshakable" belief that an employee had engaged in misconduct, but it wasn't supported by evidence, the Fair Work Commission has found in unfair dismissal proceedings.
The Fair Work Commission has cleared an employee to pursue a late general protections claim, criticising her employer for arguing she should have been able to file it on time despite experiencing health issues and ongoing FDV.
In prioritising the "good of the organisation", a people and culture manager's response to an employee's sexual harassment complaint was "flawed", a tribunal has ruled.
An employer unfairly dismissed a casual employee when it informed her by text message that further shifts were "on hold" shortly after she announced she was pregnant, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in ordering her reinstatement.
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.
