An employer has acknowledged its failure to use internal HR support before making an employee's role redundant, which resulted in an order to pay $20k for unfair dismissal.
An HR business partner, who was chosen for redundancy because she was "a little bit emotional when dealing with conflict" and not confident in her English-speaking skills, has lost her unfair dismissal claim.
An HR general manager thought it would be "insulting" to offer a retrenched employee "lesser" roles due to his skills and experience, but failing to at least have this conversation made his dismissal unfair, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Evidence of an employer's "considerable disinterest" in addressing a general manager's workplace complaint has significantly undermined its defence to his adverse action claim.
An employee's "self-serving act" in forwarding work emails to her personal account after being informed of a restructure was serious misconduct and warranted her dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer's decision to retrench an HR consultant was an "egregious example of the unfair exercise of managerial prerogative", the Fair Work Commission has found, while criticising its HR leaders for their "disrespect".
When an employer mishandles its messaging during redundancies, sometimes the "reputation of the business just cannot recover", a communications specialist says in the wake of a "completely avoidable" PR disaster.
A restructure announcement that took employees by surprise and resulted in significant venting and complaints on social media highlights some of the issues that can arise when major workplace decisions are executed quickly, a lawyer says.
An HR consultant's communication about a manager's potential redundancy or summary dismissal was "bizarre", the Fair Work Commission has found, in criticising his "astonishingly poor advice" to an employer.
An employer unfairly sacked an employee when it made her role redundant without discussing the decision with her first, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, noting consultation requirements "should never be taken for granted".
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.
