An employee's perception of an "offensive and hostile" workplace, and of managers' attempts to fix it, caused her psychological injury, a commission has ruled.
In a case that highlights the risk of having "complex" workplace policies, the Fair Work Commission has found an employee's valid dismissal for deleting data off her work phone was harsh.
Employees involved in an 'adaptive workplace' pilot have returned to the office at twice the rate of those in traditional workspaces, a new report shows.
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.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
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