The adoption of AI-based talent acquisition platforms will bring "very deep efficiency improvements" to employers' hiring processes, but also much greater scrutiny, says the global chief of a recruitment software specialist.
An employer had a valid reason to sack an employee who "blatantly defied" a lawful direction, however summarily dismissing him was harsh, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Strategic workforce planning is a top-five HR priority for the year ahead, but few organisations have mastered it, and many still don't know where to start, according to a specialist in the field.
A Fair Work Commission Deputy President was wrong to state that an employer had to demonstrate a risk of impairment when dismissing a worker who failed a dr-g test, but this didn't affect his overall finding that the sacking was harsh, a full bench has ruled.
More than a year after the High Court ruled Qantas took unlawful adverse action against 1,700 of its former employees, the Federal Court has awarded one of them $100k in compensation for non-economic loss alone.
Feeling safe to speak up is a key characteristic of a psychologically safe environment, but the obligation to provide one has left some leaders "scared witless", and unsure of what they can and can't say, a psychologist says.
"Simple life experience" should have taught an employee not to bully and humiliate his co-worker, according to the Fair Work Commission, but a lack of evidence that he was trained in workplace policies meant his dismissal was harsh.
Trying to navigate tensions that arise due to pluralism and polarisation without first strengthening the "moral muscles" required is like trying to run a marathon without training, a leader warns.
It was "highly inappropriate" for a worker's paid agent to pursue a general protections claim that had no prospects of success, but the Fair Work Commission says the employer's $80k legal bill appears "excessive".
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