An employment lawyer has warned HR against dismissing underperforming workers without following formal processes, despite the Fair Work Commission recently validating such an approach.
An employee has been granted compensation for a psychological injury he developed after managers accused him of holding up a project by following safety rules.
An employer has been ordered to reinstate an employee it sacked for aggressively swearing at supervisors, after a commission found "unnecessarily restrictive" management prompted his outburst.
Changes to overseas worker sponsorship have thrown up considerable challenges for HR professionals managing workers under the existing scheme. This webcast contains practical guidance on transitional arrangements and how to prepare for the new regime.
The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employer's "callous" dismissal of a mentally ill employee, while noting its "unfortunate" approach occurs frequently in successful unfair dismissal cases.
Making an HR coordinator's role redundant just days after she started working in it did not amount to unfair dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld an employee's unfair dismissal claim, finding the employer's two-month delay undermined its claim the sacking occurred for safety reasons.
An employee who was sacked for storing more than 1,200 p-rnographic and inappropriate emails in her work account was unfairly dismissed, a commission has ruled.
Workplace bullying complaints continue to pose significant challenges for employers, including where the behaviour doesn't meet the legal definition of bullying or the threshold to make a claim. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to understand key lessons from cases where bullying complaints interact with other claims and issues.
What constitutes "best practice" when managing neurodiversity at work is evolving all the time. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to learn how to embed neuroinclusive practices into HR programs and every stage of the employment lifecycle.
