The full Federal Court has increased Employsure's fine for misleading and deceptive conduct to $3 million, ruling the earlier penalty didn't carry "sufficient sting".
Organisations that unlock the "growth combination" of data, tech, and people can expect to gain an 11% top-line productivity premium, and CHROs will play a critical role, according to new Accenture research.
An absent employee thought she had been dismissed when she received a payslip referring to "termination payments", but this was an error driven by the employer's "inflexible payroll system", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Most workplaces don't have a formal return process for new parents, and many of the programs that do exist are seriously flawed, a life coach and mental health advocate says.
An HR professional exacerbated an employee's pre-existing psychological injury when he "laughed in [her] face" after she gave him a certificate of capacity, a commission has ruled.
In an era of increased wellbeing investment, the way in which programs are labelled and communicated to employees is just as important as the results they seek to achieve, a wellness thought leader says.
Employers can regain some of the water-cooler conversations and incidental learning opportunities they've lost with hybrid work by moving elements of work into the metaverse, a technology and collaboration specialist says.
Consultation on the "more controversial parts" of the Albanese Government's proposed industrial relations changes will begin within days, with two tranches of legislation set to be introduced this year.
An employer's purported reasoning for banning a worker from a site was "simply implausible", the Federal Court has ruled, finding his safety complaints "aggravated management" into action.
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