A worker whose psychiatric condition became aggravated after she was assigned a new superior has failed to convince a tribunal his "command and control" style amounted to unreasonable management action.
An employer has been ordered to pay $157k for unlawful adverse action, after the Federal Circuit Court found it sacked a manager for making complaints about its CEO.
An HR manager with "significant practical and academic experience" denied an employee procedural fairness when he summarily dismissed him for breaching a workplace policy, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee who was denied the opportunity to learn from his mistakes because he wasn't informed of numerous customer complaints against him has successfully claimed unfair dismissal.
Two change managers contributed to an employee's psychological injury by waiting more than nine months to respond to his requests for relocation and meaningful duties during a restructure, a tribunal has found.
An employer breached its duty of care to an employee when it offered him a job without assessing whether he was psychologically suited to its challenges, a court has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld an employee's stop-bullying application, after finding an HR advisor and manager unreasonably refused to investigate her bullying complaints.
The Fair Work Commission has found an employment relationship began the moment a contingent worker accepted an offer of direct employment, but has cleared the company of unfairly dismissing him when it withdrew its offer days later.
The Federal Circuit Court has accepted an employer sacked a worker for harassing and intimidating colleagues, not for making workplace s-xual harassment and safety complaints as she alleged in her adverse action claim.
A casual worker employed on a 'temporary' assignment has been cleared to claim unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission heard an extension of her contract had no end date.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
