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After shoving a woman out of a lift on his way to work because he thought she was "rude", an employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he was unfairly sacked.

As more employers become skills-based organisations, HR practitioners will need to rethink traditional strategies and apply a more dynamic approach to talent management, according to an advisor.

A recent decision serves as an important reminder that termination entitlements must be paid on an employee's last day, and not in an employer's next pay cycle, lawyers warn.

Introducing a new employee experience system around the same time as a company-wide culture-change initiative has helped a global employer to monitor, measure and ultimately improve its safety performance.

The context of "humorous" communications between employees who were friends outside of work was crucial in determining whether some comments were unlawful discrimination, the Federal Circuit Court has noted.

A court has awarded an employer $270k in damages after two of its employees left to establish their own business, in breach of their 12-month contractual restraints.

An employer must pay workers' compensation for a psychological injury, even though its former employee didn't show signs of mental ill health while she was working, was facing multiple stressors in her personal life, and lodged her claim outside the required timeframe.

A major employer's P&C team is driving AI adoption across the whole organisation through a top-down approach, which monitors activity and celebrates top users.

"Anomalies" in an employer's management of performance and conduct issues meant the process lacked clarity and resulted in a dismissal that was valid, but harsh, the Fair Work Commission has found.

Leaders who are capable of self-care are better placed to care for others, but many neglect some key aspects of the practice, according to specialist consultants.