As the holiday season approaches, some employers might be planning their annual shutdown without regard to rules that have changed this year. Watch this Q&A to ensure your organisation complies.
An employee who experienced "serious and repeated" sexual harassment at work has won an extra $129k in damages, after a court found the original $10k awarded was "inadequate in the extreme".
The Fair Work Commission has granted a worker's request for copies of emails, notes and reports related to her employer's internal processes, as part of her stop-bullying claim.
Restrictions on employers' use of fixed-term contracts will have significant ramifications for HR. Understand what's changing and how to respond by watching this HR Daily Premium webcast.
An employer's "outright rejection" of a trial return-to-work plan after an employee's lengthy absence was unlawful discrimination, a tribunal has ruled in awarding him more than $230k.
A director sexually harassed an employee when he slapped her on the bottom and twice declared his feelings for her, the Federal Court has found in ordering his employer to pay $268k in damages and compensation.
Employers' new obligations to proactively eliminate s-xual harassment and prevent psychosocial harm at work are set to have an impact on HR teams that shouldn't be underestimated, a workplace lawyer says.
The number of employees with attention deficit trait is rising exponentially, requiring HR professionals to be "radically retrained" to mitigate this, a leadership advisor 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.
