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An employer that failed to conduct a proper investigation into an employee's s-xual assault claim has been ordered to pay her $150k in damages.

An employer should have managed its chief financial officer's poor performance before making his role redundant, a tribunal has ruled in awarding him compensation for a panic disorder.

HR professionals are overestimating how effectively they convey an organisation's culture to candidates, relying too much on job descriptions and not enough on interviews, says Microsoft's global talent acquisition leader.

The Fair Work Commission will hear IR Minister Kelly O'Dwyer's bid to quash an enterprise agreement she claims is discriminatory, but has found granting her stay application would be detrimental to employees.

S-xual harassment victims are "too often" silenced by HR managers and co-workers who convince them not to pursue a complaint, a new study shows.

The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employee's attempts to portray an HR manager as a 'puppet master' who would go to any lengths to ensure his dismissal.

An employer has upped the ante on diversity and inclusion by sponsoring this weekend's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, with the majority of its workforce set to march in the parade.

A tribunal has rejected an employee's claims that his former employer's HR department was sufficiently competent to run its defence in unfair dismissal proceedings, and allowed it to be legally represented.

The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's claim that he shouldn't have been dismissed for sending a photo of himself to a female colleague, after she specifically asked him not to.

HR leaders have a vital role to play in minimising the inevitable disruption that occurs during a senior leadership transition, an expert says.