An employer has to pay an employee $625k in damages for a psychological injury, after a court found it failed to act on warnings she was having issues with her supervisor while in a "fragile state".
An employer has won an appeal against paying nearly $3.9 million in damages to an on-hire worker who was almost thrown from a balcony during a training day at its site.
It was unfair of an employer to end a worker's contract after a minor incident, despite his earlier "absolute final warning" for accusing an HR manager of killing his colleague.
Employers can expect to face four specific HR compliance and legal challenges this year. Watch this webcast to hear how to prepare and defend against them.
The Federal Court has shed new light on the distinction between 'recall to duty' and 'overtime' - an increasingly complex issue for employers as workers perform more duties remotely and outside traditional hours.
An employer has been ordered to compensate an HR officer for unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission found it was too quick to sack her for poor performance.
An employee who was described as not the "archetypal victim of s-xual harassment" has been awarded $150k in damages, after a tribunal found he was humiliated and suffered psychological injuries when he had to clean up a staged "s-x romp".
An employer that was justified in making a pregnant employee's role redundant, but failed to consult her about redeployment, has been ordered to compensate her for unfair dismissal.
Some employers have successfully stepped up to the task of managing psychosocial safety, but in many other workplaces, initiatives are falling flat. Join us for an HR Daily webinar to understand what's holding back progress in this critical space and how to move forward.
