A Fair Work Commission member was entitled to find an employer "misheard" a worker resign after a heated workplace argument, and her award of maximum compensation should stand, a full bench has ruled.
Employers are increasingly consulting psychologists ahead of terminations with a view to preventing psychosocial harm during the process, and it can "absolutely" work, according to a safety specialist.
In finding today that the risk of an employee's psychiatric injury was a "serious possibility" after his botched dismissal process, the High Court has nonetheless determined not to rule on whether employers' duty of care extends to disciplinary and termination events.
A leader whose meeting about Christmas party conduct has gone viral has been praised as "refreshingly authentic", while some of his comments raise "red flags".
An employee jumped the gun when he resigned before the conclusion of redeployment discussions, and his employer did not repudiate his contract, the Fair Work Commission has found.
People investments are business investments, and 2025 is the year to finally make it clear that investing in people, and the systems and processes that support them, is not "a generous act", a workplace expert says.
In hindsight an employer was imprudent not to compromise further to settle an employee's unfair dismissal claim, but its rejection of her final offer wasn't so unreasonable as to warrant a costs order, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
When attempting to connect leaders, managers and employees to a culture change project, it's important for HR to use a different "love language" for each group, according to a respected advisor.
Arguing in a vigorous and forceful way during a meeting was not the same thing as posing a serious and imminent risk to safety, the Fair Work Commission has found in ruling an employee should not have been sacked for serious misconduct.
An employee's over-dramatisation of a childcare need as a "family emergency" indicated he had a very limited coping mechanism, the Fair Work Commission has observed in declining to make stop-bullying orders.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
