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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.

The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee was forced to resign out of frustration with the handling of her harassment complaints.

There are serious flaws in the way most organisations handle employee experience, but the solutions are simple, an HR consultant says.

An employer's procedural failings rendered an employee's dismissal for s-xual harassment unfair, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

A commitment to professional development and following up on actionable plans is helping Marriott International retain and advance more employees than its competitors, according to its head of HR.

ANZ Bank was justified in sacking a senior employee for misconduct, and didn't use her as a "scapegoat", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employee has failed to prove an employer took adverse action in dismissing her due to her age, after it enquired about her plans for retirement.

The Fair Work Commission has rebuked an employer for failing to adequately manage sponsored workers, finding it unfairly dismissed an employee for the "trifling" offence of exceeding her permitted working hours.