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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.

Employers are focusing more on workforce upskilling to tackle ongoing recruitment difficulties, and new research is urging HR professionals to look at speed to competency as part of their induction and onboarding processes.

Now is the time for employers and HR professionals to be auditing their payroll systems and processes, prior to wage theft legislation coming into effect, according to a workplace lawyer.

Accusing a long-serving employee of being "incapable" of performing his role and requiring him to work in the office more than others wasn't bullying, the Fair Work Commission has found.

Managers often fall into the trap of not delegating because they think it would be easier to do things themselves, but this is worse for everybody, according to a leadership specialist.