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A major employer that merged its siloed HR processes and organisations has improved team cohesion and reduced its attrition rate, according to its people and learning VP.

In three new cases from the anti-bullying jurisdiction, an employer has avoided an order but been told to acknowledge bullying occurred; interim orders have been made to prevent a dispute escalating; and a board chair's stop-bullying claim has been dismissed after his failed re-election bid.

A manager who let a performance counselling session become a disciplinary meeting traumatised an employee with his unreasonable, intimidating manner, a tribunal has found.

Designing recruitment strategies to appeal specifically to Gen Z candidates is akin to hiring people based on their horoscope, a talent specialist says.

Top companies foster a 'growth mindset' culture, but certain events can cause leaders to revert to a 'fixed mindset' and undermine all they've created, says psychologist Dr Carol Dweck.

There is a fine line between respect and "insolence" when an employee is friends with their manager, and a worker who was sacked for bullying overstepped it, the Fair Work Commission has found.

An employee's dismissal was not a genuine redundancy, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, because the organisation failed to consider him for 40 internal positions within two levels of his pay classification.

Short-term hires can inject new life into an organisation, but also new chaos, according to a recruitment expert who says their briefs must be "extremely" clear.

An employer that used candidates' feedback to retool its recruitment process is engaging and retaining significantly more of its new hires, according to its culture and capability GM.

Dismissing an employee for a racial slur made within earshot of a colleague who took offence was a "disproportionate" response to his conduct, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.