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An employee who assaulted a colleague outside of work hours during "extreme emotional anguish" has failed to convince a commission he was unfairly dismissed.

The promise of flexibility is becoming fundamental to the recruitment processes and employment brands of many organisations, new research suggests.

Organisations undergoing transformations often fail at some base levels to create the right conditions for sustainable success, according to a strategy and transformation expert.

An employee's dismissal for dishonesty and confidentiality breaches during a bullying investigation was unfair, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee's stop-bullying application has been rejected, after the Fair Work Commission found the employer's head of HR successfully eliminated the risk of workplace bullying.

Limiting bureaucracy and empowering employees at all levels is driving growth and retention at an organisation looking to double in size over the next few years.

An employer was wrong to sack a manager over "implausible" and unfounded allegations that he engaged in racist behaviour and threatened to sack a new employee, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee who was sacked for having an undisclosed criminal conviction, after avoiding her employer's police check requests for two years, has successfully claimed she was unfairly dismissed.

The Federal Circuit Court has rejected that an employee was dismissed for complaining about his performance improvement plan and workplace bullying.

Employers are now much more invested in designing their workplaces for better engagement, productivity and performance, but failing to take some crucial first steps can undermine these efforts, according to an expert.