Even though an employer didn't proactively seek medical information about an absent employee, it wasn't unfair to dismiss him on the basis of incapacity, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
When employees want more flexibility than a workplace can offer, it's not impossible to "get everyone onto the same page", according to an experienced HR leader.
After already receiving a final warning and being placed on a performance improvement plan, an employee's failure to complete a crucial task made his dismissal valid and fair, according to the Fair Work Commission.
Many organisations are now attempting to plan their right workforce for "tomorrow", when they haven't even reached a consensus on what they need today, according to experts in the field.
Employers often don't invest sufficient time and effort into planning for an enterprise bargaining round, despite the enormous value of doing so, according to an HR consultant who highlights some commonly overlooked elements of the process.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee was entitled to work from home without limitation, despite his claims of "ambiguity" in his employment contract.
Obstacles that hold employees back from reporting workplace s-xual harassment include psychological factors that should receive more attention in HR strategies, researchers say.
It wasn't unlawful to sack an employee who resisted returning to the office because of her chronic health conditions, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
An employee has won his unfair dismissal claim despite showing a concerning lack of insight into his inappropriate behaviour, after the Fair Work Commission found his sacking could have a "catastrophic consequence".
There was no evidence to support an employee's allegations of "unresolved psychosocial hazards", and in any case these didn't justify his unauthorised absences from work, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
