It was fair to sack an employee for neglecting his duties, despite his concerns about not seeing the footage the employer relied on, the Fair Work Commission has found.
HR professionals should expect to take an increasingly active role in how organisations approach data protection, both when planning a response to potential breaches and in the aftermath of an event, a specialist lawyer says.
When a manager discussed an employee's pregnancy with her colleagues without her consent she wasn't left with no choice but to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found, in dismissing her general protections claim.
In dismissing the appeal of an employee sacked for code of conduct and privacy breaches, a Fair Work Commission full bench has rejected that the absence of an independent investigation rendered an employer's termination process unfair.
In the space of a year, "holdouts" expecting full-time office returns have become the minority, but a workplace futurist is warning employers to prepare for much greater narrowing of their discretion around flexibility.
It was "difficult to understand" how an employee's private sexual conversations with someone outside of work became a work-related matter, a commission has commented in upholding his appeal.
A new tort designed to protect individuals against intentional or reckless invasions of privacy places additional obligations on HR and employers, a lawyer says.
Employers should be much more interested in the information they're collecting about employees, including from "private" conversations held on work platforms, according to a lawyer.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
