Two employees have failed to win an injunction blocking their employer from dismissing them for misconduct, arguing they were targeted after campaigning for a new enterprise agreement.
An employer should have given a worker more than 24 hours to recover from her "heightened emotional state" after a threatening incident at work, rather than accepting her on-the-spot resignation, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Talent management leaders are under such pressure to deliver solutions quickly that many aren't properly identifying problems first, but there is a way to conduct root cause diagnosis quickly and simply, an expert says.
A probationary employee who attended only one-third of her scheduled work days, and was late on most of those occasions, has failed to prove her dismissal was actually motivated by her bullying complaint.
A worker has lost her stop-bullying claim after making "unpalatable" accusations that she was targeted due to her Chinese heritage, with the Fair Work Commission finding no evidence of repeated unreasonable behaviour towards her.
HR leaders who practise being "everyday bold" will be better prepared to tackle the dual challenges of building employee trust and encouraging innovation, a conference heard this week.
An employer failed to learn from its mistakes and unfairly sacked a long-serving worker for returning a positive D&A test, the Fair Work Commission has found in ordering reinstatement.
As awareness of psychosocial risks continues to grow, more employers are considering how they can better support the subjects of workplace investigations and performance management, a conflict specialist says.
It was reasonable to summarily dismiss an employee for biting, physical fighting and buttock slapping, with the Fair Work Commission finding his behaviour wasn't "horseplay or friendly banter".
To prevent the corrosive effects of employee change fatigue, employers must ensure two key components of psychological safety are embedded in the workplace culture, an expert says.
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.
