A colleague's resignation threat was the "main driver" of an employee's dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found in awarding him maximum compensation.
"Challenging the status quo mindset" is critical in any workplace committed to growth and innovation, says the founder and CEO of an award-winning business group.
The prospect of employee turnover that's too low is something "very few organisations have had to even think about", but concern appears to be growing among employers, an HR advisory leader says.
An employee who claimed his workplace absence was weaponised as a disciplinary threat to his whole team has lost his psychological injury claim, after a commission found the employer's warnings were "entirely reasonable".
An HR leader had a "genuine desire" to understand whether an absent employee was able to continue in his role, and she wasn't trying to "trigger" the end of his employment as he claimed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
It's always important to review and update employment contracts, but this is especially so following the raft of legislative changes over the past year. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to ensure your knowledge is up to date.
An employee would have been better off admitting to workplace misconduct as a "brain fart" instead of denying he ever engaged in it, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, finding he was fairly sacked for vandalising client property.
Bad leadership is a critical problem right now, but it is partly due to an increasingly complex work environment, rather than "bad people", a workplace specialist says.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
