Simple email communications can wield enormous power in helping to prevent and defend disputes involving absent workers, according to an employment lawyer.
An employer has failed to prove it shouldn't have to pay redundancy entitlements to workers who moved to a new labour supplier at the same site after a contract changed hands.
An employee let his family circumstances cloud his judgement of an employer's return-to-work requests, seeing them as "pushy and unwelcome" when in fact they were reasonably "firm", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Employers can pull three levers to address their talent shortages, but in today's tight labour market, many are using the wrong one, a strategist says.
An employee with ADHD has claimed a disciplinary meeting was so distressing she had to walk out, with the Fair Work Commission accepting this wasn't a resignation.
An employer has crafted its "workplace of the future", weaving its cultural pillars into the design to attract employees to the office as hybrid work becomes the new norm, its people leader says.
The Fair Work Commission has expressed disbelief after an employee was sacked for pretending to knee a colleague in the groin, and ordered his reinstatement with continuity of service and backpay.
Employers are getting "very creative and competitive" to attract talent, but overpromising and underdelivering on the employee experience is set to cause serious retention issues, an HR expert warns.
An employer did not have to grant an employee's flexible work request but has been encouraged to explore reasonable adjustments, to address his concerns about catching COVID at work and potentially impacting his wife's IVF treatment.
An organisation has won a brief injunction restraining a former employee from using its confidential information, after the Federal Court accepted there was a "real risk" of a contract breach, and that damages wouldn't be an adequate remedy.
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.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
