Attempting to recast racially offensive language as a "linguistic misunderstanding" doesn't negate its effect on colleagues and the workplace, the Fair Work Commission has noted in upholding an employee's dismissal.
When people start "editing" their commitments, responsibilities and inputs, "not out of guilt but out of focus", they become more effective, respected and fulfilled, a productivity expert says.
An employee who breached a workplace policy, ignored a direction and then unilaterally left a disciplinary meeting was unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The fact an employee might be reinstated to the organisation against which she sought stop-bullying orders wasn't enough to overcome a jurisdictional objection to her claim.
Increased ability to generate new ideas, improved empathy and better decision-making are just some of the workplace benefits experienced by users of psychedelic dr-gs, a study has found.
Confrontational behaviour that prompted an employee's dismissal was not a "one-off incident", the Fair Work Commission has found, in ruling that his history of disruptive and challenging conduct rendered the decision fair.
The best leaders have people around them who challenge them with good intent, but leaders are now also more able to play "devil's advocate" themselves, according to an experienced coach.
There was no reasonable basis for an employee to believe he was being bullied; rather, he sought to "entrench" himself as a victim, the Fair Work Commission has found in refusing to issue stop-bullying orders.
Undertaking "preparatory steps" to establish a competing business while still employed will rarely be considered a breach of fiduciary and contractual obligations, a full bench of the Fair Work Commission has highlighted, in refusing an employer's unfair dismissal appeal.
The Fair Work Commission is allowing a late general protections claim to proceed, after an employer advertised a "similar" job to one it made redundant, just one day after the three-week time limit expired.
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