An employer's bid to reduce an employee's redundancy entitlements has failed, after the Fair Work Commission found its "numerous" discussions about alternative employment never crystallised into a formal offer.
An employer should have managed its chief financial officer's poor performance before making his role redundant, a tribunal has ruled in awarding him compensation for a panic disorder.
In a case that illustrates the importance of giving employees timely, accurate information in writing about major workplace changes, a redundancy that occurred for legitimate reasons has been deemed an unfair dismissal.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to reinstate an employee whose role was made redundant, after slamming its consultation failures and "shoddy" record-keeping.
Workers experiencing high levels of change are actually less likely to lose their jobs, according to research into redundancies over the past two decades. Also in this article, a third of employers are reluctant to recruit older workers, research shows leaders' impact on thriving workplaces, and more.
An employer's application to reduce its liability to pay redundancy entitlements to 125 former employees has failed. Meanwhile, an employee's redundancy was not prompted by his intention to claim workers' compensation, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer has successfully argued it owed an HR employee no redundancy payment, with the Fair Work Commission accepting she "jumped the gun" when she resigned without properly considering a redeployment offer.
An HR manager who accused his boss of stealing from the business has failed to prove his redundancy wasn't genuine. Also in this article, has marriage equality lessened support for LGBTI inclusion? Plus what makes reverse mentoring successful; and more.
The Fair Work Commission has "regained its senses" in ruling that employees' prior periods of casual or seasonal work should not be included in their redundancy pay calculations, workplace lawyers say.
An employer's redeployment offer to an employee was unacceptable, the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting its application to reduce his 16 weeks' redundancy pay to zero.
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