Organisations making urgent lay-offs must still comply with their consultation requirements, the Fair Work Commission has highlighted, in rejecting that an employer had no time to consult before making a role redundant.
An employer took appropriate steps to ensure an unwell employee was "sound of mind" before accepting his resignation, a Fair Work Commission full bench has found in upholding its constructive dismissal appeal.
The case of an employee who denied his messages about "love" to a colleague had any s-xual element raises broader issues for HR around communication and intent across different work cohorts, a conflict specialist says.
In appealing an unfair dismissal ruling, an employer has unsuccessfully argued that prohibiting an employee from working after she resigned was a "reasonable operational decision".
It wasn't reasonable for an employer to rely on a manager's "eyewitness" account of a workplace assault, given he then "took absolutely no action, and continued on with the working day", a commissioner has ruled.
Academic research has added weight to the business case for HR investment, finding organisations are more productive when they offer work-life balance and reduce their gender pay gap.
The events an employee claimed were discrimination weren't linked to her autism and ADHD, but rather resulted from managers' understandable concerns about her performance and behaviour, a tribunal has ruled.
It was unreasonable to summarily dismiss an employee for stealing food from her workplace, without unequivocal evidence that she didn't intend to pay for the items she ate, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A sacked employee has won reinstatement despite his employer's objections, with the Fair Work Commission accepting he could continue advocating for his jailed partner without adversely affecting its reputation.
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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