The Fair Work Commission has found two employees were unfairly dismissed for making s-xual comments about a female colleague over a workplace chat system, ruling only one message breached its policies.
The Federal Court has rejected an employee's application for an injunction restraining her employer from monitoring her social media activity, after she repeatedly criticised the employer online.
A proposal to introduce new federal anti-discrimination legislation is likely to have a zero net effect on workplaces, but does highlight the need for proper debate of how employers regulate employees' conduct, a law scholar says.
The notion of anonymity on social media is one area High Court justices appeared to grapple with in recent hearings involving an employee who was dismissed for online misconduct, according to a lawyer closely following the case.
Including social media storytelling in its graduate recruitment marketing campaign has led to a 50 per cent boost in applications for the Australian arm of a global employer, according to the head of its people team.
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