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An employee who called his colleague a "fat exploiter of foreigners" was fairly dismissed despite a "clearly deficient" termination process, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Employers are being urged to regularly review their control measures in performance management processes, to reduce their risk of workplace psychosocial hazards and workers' compensation claims.

With burnout on the rise, more employers need to "encourage a leave culture" and let staff know that "taking leave is about taking care of yourself", a chief people officer says.

An employee who "sought not to prolong the unpalatable dance of termination" and sent a frustrated text to her employer has been cleared to pursue her general protections claim.

An employer was entitled to direct an absent employee to attend an independent medical examination, after she refused to attend "ridiculous" training on mental health grounds, a commission has found.

An HR department with a shrinking budget can still deliver value, but it shouldn't be expected to deliver "the gold standard", according to an advisor who recommends resetting expectations now.

Raising performance issues with an employee on her first day back from an extended period of mental health leave caused her psychological injury, a commission has found.

Tapping into the full diversity of talent in Australia is a business imperative, yet hundreds of thousands of "incredibly skilled" refugees and migrants are working beneath their skill level.

The lawyer at the centre of a record-breaking underpayment class action says employees' "cries for change" had fallen on deaf ears, and urges other employers to "get ahead of any errors" now.

An employee who claimed she "resisted a male dominated and 'boys club' culture" for years wasn't forced to resign after her employer found a request to "get the coffees" didn't amount to gender-based discrimination, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.