The Federal Government has flagged introducing enhanced privacy protections for private-sector employees, including by reforming the employee records exemption.
Now is the time for HR to be AI's "driving force", as the value of using tools in areas such as performance management and onboarding becomes clearer, according to a human capital innovation specialist.
The FWC's first multi-employer bargaining decision reinforces that the new framework will be relevant to "pretty much every employer in the country", according to a workplace lawyer.
Three unions and 64 childcare employers have been cleared to make a multi-enterprise agreement, after a Fair Work Commission full bench found numerous factors "overwhelmingly" favoured authorising their application.
It was unfair of an employer not to inform a worker that it was reducing its casual headcount, and that rejecting a permanent conversion offer put his job at risk, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer has failed to prove it fairly sacked an employee for exposing a female colleague to explicit images, despite the Fair Work Commission accepting there was a "culture of inappropriate activity" among workers.
The need for "future fitness" in organisations has never been more urgent, and according to a global change expert, the right "tech stack" is futile without the right "people stack".
It was up to an employee, not his employer, to prove he acted in self-defence during a "violent" out-of-hours altercation, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled in overturning an unfair dismissal ruling.
The University of New South Wales is being prosecuted for Fair Work Act breaches, with the Fair Work Ombudsman alleging the employer's record-keeping was "so poor" that it couldn't properly investigate self-reported underpayments.
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.
