An employee suffered a psychological injury as a result of two assaults and a perceived lack of employer support, and not because of reasonable disciplinary action, a commission has ruled.
A mentoring program that links junior employees to the company's founder is turbocharging engagement and giving participants crucial insights as to how a business is run, its HR leader says.
Despite having conducted a 19-month investigation, an employer needed "more robust" evidence to prove an employee deliberately tried to provoke workplace conflict, a commission has ruled.
Support is mounting for employees to have a 'right to disconnect' from work, and employers that don't act quickly to take the lead on this issue risk being forced into measures that don't suit them, an employment law barrister warns.
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.
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.
