No worker should be sacked for following their doctor's advice before having a COVID-19 vaccination, a Fair Work Commissioner has said in ordering an employee's reinstatement.
In a decision that highlights the consequences of "haphazard" and "reactive" HR practices, the Fair Work Commission has allowed an employee to dispute his dismissal after finding his fixed-term employment unintentionally became permanent.
It was unfair to deny an employee the opportunity to discuss redeployment options, but her "hysterical" and "unbalanced" conduct during the consultation process made her redundancy genuine, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Despite assisting its workers into new jobs when a contract transferred to a different supplier, an employer has failed to prove it should not have to pay them redundancy entitlements.
An employee who made "troubling" comments during a performance meeting and then took extended sick leave was fairly sacked after refusing to attend an IME, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A growing company is taking a unique approach to retention, with a program that rewards and develops key talent but with a chief focus on those who "protect the organisation's DNA".
An HR manager took the "first opportunity" to dismiss an employee who raised workplace bullying allegations, a court has ruled in adverse action proceedings.
Some of the behavioural traits that get employees promoted to management roles are now causing attrition in their teams, a leadership specialist warns.
The future of HR is data-led, but there's still a big gap between the importance HR leaders place on this area and their capability to deliver a data-first strategy, a talent leader says.
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