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At a time when many organisations are focusing on future-proofing their staff with technical skills, one HR professional is choosing to focus on soft skills instead.

The Fair Work Commission has chastised a large employer for dismissing an employee over the phone while she was on sick leave, likening its action to "tossing out a dirty rag".

Shocked by the general absence of female talent in the tech industry, accounting software company MYOB is focusing on recruiting women who've been out of the workforce while raising a family.

Business leaders are reluctant to move into HR because they fear they will become an "organisational politician" rather than someone who drives business outcomes, a Mercer practice leader says.

An employer that made generalised accusations against an employee, despite having video footage of her alleged misconduct, practised a "form of entrapment", the Fair Work Commission has found in ordering her reinstatement.

Having a workplace bullying policy is akin to putting up a wet floor sign, according to a psychologist, whose research shows having a policy doesn't remove the risks that enable bullying to occur in the first place.

An organisation that has 85 per cent of its employees working flexibly says allowing arrangements to change as the business does has been key to its success.

An employer took unlawful adverse action in dismissing an employee because she was pregnant, a court has found, while two employees have failed to prove workplace complaints were the reason they were sacked.

Modifications to an employee's incentive scheme and role effectively repudiated his employment contract, leaving his employer powerless to stop him from courting former clients, an appeal court has found.

Improving executive visibility and encouraging employee feedback has increased trust in one organisation's workplace by 11 per cent in a year, according to a senior leader.