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.
Artificial intelligence is transforming HR practices, and workplaces more broadly. These tools present major opportunities for managing and engaging a workforce, but they come with pitfalls and challenges. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to better understand AI's current and future role in HR issues.
An HR business partner's "minimal understanding" of the policy relied on to sack an employee "significantly" undermined the fairness of the dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Requesting medical information about an absent employee was lawful and reasonable under his contract, and his refusal to grant access warranted summary dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
It was "fanciful" for an HR professional to defend forwarding confidential work information to his personal email, according to the Fair Work Commission, rejecting that his dismissal "did not fit the crime".
When an employee discloses that they have a neurodivergent condition, there are certain steps it's advisable for their employer to take, and plenty that they should avoid, a workplace lawyer says.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
