HR has a "tendency to overcomplicate things", when its policies and procedures could be much simpler, an examination of workplace culture issues at a major bank suggests.
An employer that opted for a 'no rules' approach to hybrid work has since found employees want more structure and guidance around what is expected of them in new ways of working.
An employee who claimed she was constructively dismissed because she couldn't return to full-time work after parental leave "cut short" her options by resigning, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A cancer survivor who lodged an unfair dismissal claim to teach his employer to "care for people" failed to acknowledge "the difficulties with his own behaviour", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer's investigation into bullying allegations against an executive was reasonable, a tribunal has ruled in rejecting his psychological injury claim.
It was unreasonable to place an employee on a performance improvement plan while he was "loaded" with additional duties, but the unfair process wasn't bullying, a commission has ruled.
The Fair Work Ombudsman's new advice on workplace vaccination policies fails to provide the "certainty that most employers are craving" and could in fact create a "battleground" for employers trying to manage refusals, a lawyer says.
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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