An employer proceeded with "undue haste" and insufficient evidence when it sacked an employee for breaching its D&A policy, according to the Fair Work Commission.
Using a work email address to enquire about a job opportunity wasn't serious misconduct that warranted summary dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Organisations are more likely to achieve gender and intersectional equity when their leaders understand their own privilege and power, according to an award-winning executive who's witnessed these moments of enlightenment first-hand.
An employee who appeared to take every decision unfavourable to him as a "personal affront" has failed to win stop-bullying orders, with the Fair Work Commission finding none of his seven allegations met the required bar.
Despite "profoundly troubling" evidence about an employee's inappropriate workplace interactions, a Fair Work Commission full bench has declined to overturn a finding that his dismissal was unfair.
An employee's "odd and difficult" behaviours led to personality clashes with supervisors, which in turn aggravated his bipolar disorder and rendered his employer liable for workers' compensation, a commission has ruled.
Despite suspecting an employee intended "two extremely inappropriate gestures" as jokes, the Fair Work Commission has ruled they justified his dismissal.
Researchers have developed a new metric that they say gives HR leaders a diagnostic lens for job design, employee development, and retention strategies.
An imperfect disciplinary process and differential treatment of an employee didn't undermine an employer's valid reason to sack her for misconduct, but the Fair Work Commission has nonetheless ordered her reinstatement.
Foreshadowing the resumption of an absent employee's performance management process wasn't "retaliatory" after she complained about her workplace culture, the Fair Work Commission has found, in accepting she wasn't forced to quit.
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.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
