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When determining how to respond to news of an employee's criminal charges, employers must always bear in mind the presumption of innocence, a workplace lawyer says.

Shaping an environment where employees want and actively seek feedback vastly increases the likelihood of performance improvements, a neuroleadership coach says.

An employer's failure to follow its own policy didn't automatically "doom" the outcome of its investigation, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, upholding the dismissal of a "loose cannon" who showed no willingness to change.

An employer with such low attrition it can't rely on resignations to create role openings is finding new ways to "create movement" in lieu of traditional career paths.

Personalised welcome packs, one-on-one coaching and extensive induction training set new recruits at MECCA Brands up for success from day one, according to its HR director.

The extent of employers' duty of care to employees during workplace investigations is set to be examined by the High Court, after a worker who unsuccessfully sued for damages following an "insensitive" investigation was granted special leave to appeal the ruling.

The top-ranked company on Australia's best places to work list provides recruitment training to every line manager involved in its hiring, and boasts single-digit attrition rates.

The Fair Work Commission has found an employer took unreasonable management action against an employee, but has dismissed his stop-bullying application because the incidents weren't "repeated".

Deloitte is changing the way it attracts and engages contingent workers, focusing less on the financial and risk elements so it can take a "talent-first" approach, its head of talent acquisition says.

An employer's delay in refusing an employee's annual leave request, and its subsequent decision to dismiss her, amounted to "serious mismanagement", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.