A general protections application lodged on the basis of a "future" right to claim unfair dismissal is an important one to watch, a workplace lawyer says.
Modifications and accommodations required by people with disability are often far less significant than employers expect, and the majority of requests are "very minor", an inclusion advocate says.
Rushing a sexual harassment investigation to meet a business deadline denied an employee procedural fairness, a Fair Work Commissioner has found, while accepting that his behaviour was "totally unacceptable" and the end result would have been the same.
When it comes to gender equality in senior ranks, new data indicates "we're going in the wrong direction", and "a different level of conversation" is needed, according to a leadership development expert.
"For the sanity of all involved" it would be wise for an employer to continue its efforts to keep two workers separate, the Fair Work Commission has said, while declining to make stop-bullying orders.
Prioritising workplace culture during a merger has meant an otherwise "hectic" transformation timeframe became a "seamless" transition, a chief people officer says.
It was fair to dismiss a worker who remained certified unfit for work after a 22-month absence and seemed unwilling to assist his own recovery, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
When a CEO asked an employee if she had another job to go to and then gave her an "opportunity to resign" before a negative performance review, she had no option but to quit, the Fair Work Commission found.
An "incredibly patient" employer's dismissal of an absent worker has been upheld as fair, after she repeatedly failed to attend independent medical examinations despite receiving disciplinary warnings.
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