It was "difficult to understand" how an employee's private sexual conversations with someone outside of work became a work-related matter, a commission has commented in upholding his appeal.
Executives' misplaced fears around liability are standing in the way of psychosocial safety management, while increasing "the far greater risks of inaction", experts warn.
Temporarily moving a supervisor to a different role after she reported feeling overwhelmed repudiated her employment contract and resulted in a constructive dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Employers should be much more interested in the information they're collecting about employees, including from "private" conversations held on work platforms, according to a lawyer.
The Fair Work Commission has considered in detail what constitutes sexual harassment, and what doesn't, in upholding the dismissal of an employee who denied his messages about "love" and requests for a date had any sexual element.
The High Court's important ruling on redeployment obligations makes it even more crucial for HR practitioners to understand how AI might displace roles in their organisation, a conference heard yesterday.
It was unreasonable to inform an employee who had just raised a bullying grievance that his previous allegations weren't substantiated, a commission has ruled in a psychological injury dispute.
As employers continue to grapple with mandates and directions for office attendance, a workplace advisor says it's "how" decisions are made that will determine whether employees "rebel or engage".
The "destabilising" effect an employee had on the workplace was the reason for her termination, and not the bullying complaint she filed just before it, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled in rejecting her adverse action claim.
Employees' anxiety about losing their jobs to artificial intelligence tools might be misplaced, but employers still have to recognise this fear is a legitimate barrier to successful AI adoption, experts warn HR leaders.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
