An employer that sacked an employee with multiple sclerosis for being unable to safely perform her role has been ordered to compensate her for unfair dismissal.
HR professionals with analytics skills achieve higher performance ratings, according to new research that identifies in which roles these abilities are most valuable.
Contentious issues around romance, dr-gs and religion in the workplace can be avoided with clear policies, procedures and employee education, according to workplace lawyers.
In a landmark ruling, the Federal Court has ordered an employer to compensate a casual worker and pay $42k in penalties for denying his full-time permanency request.
An employer that failed to investigate an employee's complaint about child p-rnography on a client's computer and refused to remove "fat photos" from a workplace collage has been ordered to compensate him for a psychological injury.
The Fair Work Commission this week upheld three employers' unfair dismissal appeals, involving terminations for alcohol breaches, misconduct and poor performance.
The Fair Work Commission has made stop-bullying orders against an employer and three managers who sent "unreasonable" disciplinary letters to an employee and revoked her annual leave approval.
In a case likely to lead to further litigation against employers, the Fair Work Ombudsman has combined allegations of underpaying overseas workers with discrimination proceedings.
Most large organisations have room to improve their use of data-based strategies, and could evolve their analytics in areas such as organisational design and culture, says an expert in the field.
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