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Moving to a values-based recruitment process has enabled an employer to dramatically lift female representation in its workforce.

An employer that followed a clause in its enterprise agreement "in form rather than substance" when investigating alleged misconduct took an approach that could "only be described as procedurally unfair", the FWC has ruled.

Employers try to do too much with their performance management systems, and should limit their objectives, according to a people management expert.

Book retailer Dymocks filled all its Christmas casual positions in the space of a week without advertising, after building its own talent community.

An employee who was subjected to "such a vehement and vitriolic dressing down" from his manager that he became unfit for work has failed to convince the Federal Court that the incident, and his employer's failure to properly investigate it, constituted adverse action and breached his employment contract.

The Federal Court has clarified a grey area of the Fair Work Act, ruling on the rate at which employees should be paid out their annual leave entitlements upon termination.

Employers must overcome four collaboration "paradoxes" to reap the productivity benefits stemming from greater employee cooperation, says business advisory CEB director, Aaron McEwan.

A large Australian employer is phasing out formal performance reviews in favour of honest, ongoing conversations.

Dangers abound for employers that "rigidly" follow their workplace policies when determining which adjustments are reasonable to help employees return to work, says a lawyer.

An employer's restrained approach to disciplining a worker was "commendable", the Fair Work Commission has ruled, while noting courts are more often "critical and sometimes scathing" of HR practices.