In a case that reinforces the importance of role clarity and training, a tribunal has awarded workers' compensation to a psychologically injured employee who was "overworked, undertrained and mishandled by her managers".
The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employer's investigation and dismissal of an employee for leaking "confidential HR information", describing the process as a "very regrettable display of incompetence".
Employers with training and policies on domestic violence must go a step further and address the workplace practices that perpetuate gender inequality, or remain part of the problem, warns an expert.
Employment contracts should include two specific clauses to help employers avoid the risks associated with managing ill and injured workers, according to an employment lawyer.
An unfair dismissal decision highlights that in some circumstances it will be fair for an employer to sack a worker for serious out-of-hours misconduct that has no connection to work, an employment lawyer says.
Discussions of a s-xual nature "have no place at work", the Fair Work Commission has ruled in finding an employee was fairly sacked for asking a colleague at work if she'd had an abortion.
