Removing a manager from her role, informing hundreds of staff of this decision, and then dismissing her, weren't actions taken because she'd made 19 workplace complaints, an appeal court has ruled.
Strong CEO and HR relationships require a common understanding of the company's culture, and the best partnerships are grounded in trust, a chief people officer says.
It would be "unconscionable" to allow an employer to dismiss a group of employees for misconduct after an "arbitrary and unfair" investigation, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled.
Approaching leaders' resilience more proactively is helping an employer respond to ambiguity with more "foresight, hindsight and insight", its people leader says.
The Federal Court has restrained a non-legal representative from communicating with three major employers on behalf of unvaccinated workers, finding his emails have become "progressively more aggressive" and threatening.
Leaders tend to think they're doing a better job than they actually are, and this lack of self-awareness is a major obstacle to navigating a world of hyper-change, says an organisational psychologist.
An employer has failed to prove that it sacked an employee over "threatening" and "offensive" internal communications, with a court finding her complaints about executives "sealed [her] fate".
A university has modelled its flexible work approach around six principles, within a framework that prioritises teams above individuals or the organisation as a whole.
Managers consistently dealt with an employee's work mistakes in a "positive, encouraging and supportive manner", even while dealing with numerous customer complaints, the Fair Work Commission has found in unfair dismissal proceedings.
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.
