An FWC full bench has overturned a finding that an employee was dishonest during a workplace investigation, but nonetheless concluded he was fairly dismissed for a "sexualised" tweet, storing p-rn on his work computer, and other misconduct.
Providing access to workplace investigation documents could result in staff not cooperating in future with "complete candour", a commissioner has accepted in upholding an employer's refusal.
Performance management should operate virtually the same way it does in person, but managers are avoiding these conversations completely or not holding them well, an experienced HR leader says.
In a significant decision, an employee has failed to convince the High Court that his employer breached its enterprise agreement when disciplining and then dismissing him for exercising his intellectual freedom.
An organisation that has established Australia's first employee ownership trust (EOT) says it has solved succession planning troubles while bolstering employee engagement.
Management action does not have to be "perfect" or industrially fair for it to be reasonable, a Commission has noted in finding a stressed employee was not entitled to compensation for a psychological injury.
Remaining an employer of choice in a pandemic comes down to "common sense" strategies, not "tricks or shiny things", according to the HR leader of this year's 'best place to work'.
An employer was more concerned for the alleged perpetrator of workplace s-xual harassment than the complainant, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in dismissing its objection to a claim.
It should have been obvious to an employer that an employee's swearing outburst was due to his poor wellbeing, caused by mishandled workplace complaints, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in overturning his dismissal.
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