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After falsifying timesheets and providing a "wholly unconvincing" explanation for them, an employee was ill advised to persist with his unfair dismissal claim, the Fair Work Commission has noted.

When leaders strive to be the "smartest person in the room", they create systems that depend on their heroic efforts rather than on distributed capability, workplace thought leaders warn.

An employer proceeded with "undue haste" and insufficient evidence when it sacked an employee for breaching its D&A policy, according to the Fair Work Commission.

Using a work email address to enquire about a job opportunity wasn't serious misconduct that warranted summary dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Organisations are more likely to achieve gender and intersectional equity when their leaders understand their own privilege and power, according to an award-winning executive who's witnessed these moments of enlightenment first-hand.

An employee who appeared to take every decision unfavourable to him as a "personal affront" has failed to win stop-bullying orders, with the Fair Work Commission finding none of his seven allegations met the required bar.

Despite "profoundly troubling" evidence about an employee's inappropriate workplace interactions, a Fair Work Commission full bench has declined to overturn a finding that his dismissal was unfair.

An employee's "odd and difficult" behaviours led to personality clashes with supervisors, which in turn aggravated his bipolar disorder and rendered his employer liable for workers' compensation, a commission has ruled.

Despite suspecting an employee intended "two extremely inappropriate gestures" as jokes, the Fair Work Commission has ruled they justified his dismissal.

Researchers have developed a new metric that they say gives HR leaders a diagnostic lens for job design, employee development, and retention strategies.