The Fair Work Commission has again rejected undertakings that BHP's in-house labour hire organisation hoped would push its enterprise agreements over the line.
An employee's dismissal shortly after his probation would have been fair had his employer not failed to give him a final warning as required by the relevant award.
The employers coming closest to zero-tolerance for poor workplace behaviour are doing so through their culture, with policies taking a backseat, an academic says.
An employer has defended sacking an employee who altered personnel files to help his family members obtain jobs they would not otherwise have been considered for.
When the dust has settled, HR practitioners will look back on this pandemic as a unique and privileged experience in change management, an HR director says.
An employee who was sacked for abandoning his employment, despite his employer knowing he was certified unfit for work, has been awarded maximum compensation for unfair dismissal.
An employer had a valid reason to sack a sick employee for failing to attend three consecutive shifts without consent, but its haste in doing so made the dismissal unfair.
The way employers handle redundancies and restructures now will have a lasting impact on whether their "survivors" continue to be engaged and productive, a specialist says.
Innovation is key to progressing an organisation's service, products, and culture, but a specialist warns most workplaces have five "blockers" to overcome before they can unleash employees' creativity.
An employee was not required to correct HR's misunderstanding of his "clearly" conditional resignation, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in upholding his unfair dismissal claim.
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