A senior employee had no choice but to resign after an employer said her performance was "just not working for the business", just weeks after she requested leave to have surgery, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Most CEOs outside the IT function don't have high digital dexterity, and this is making them more likely to push for office returns, an HR advisor warns.
A supervisor who referred to workers as "dumb c-nts" and failed to report a subordinate's harassment and excessive "farting" in the office has failed to prove his dismissal was unfair.
HR professionals are far more fearful of AI than they should be, according to an expert who says it holds enormous potential for removing bias from performance management, and will be a gamechanger for diversity and inclusion.
An employer has failed to have a $34k unfair dismissal order revoked, after arguing it didn't participate in proceedings because a "rogue" HR professional had misled it into thinking the case was over.
Employers' efforts to increase women's representation in the workforce are largely ignoring one critical life event that causes many of them to leave, a wellbeing and productivity coach says.
It would be unfair to require an employer and two HR professionals to defend an employee's "incomprehensible" adverse action claim, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
Executive teams should regularly take stock of their own performance and alignment, but many don't, according to an expert who points to an "urgent" need for change.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered the reinstatement of an employee who was sacked while facing criminal charges, finding his employer "confected" allegations while he was absent.
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