Organisations tend to focus on underperformance and "over-index", at the expense of helping employees realise their true potential, a culture specialist says.
An absent employee who repeatedly failed to respond to her employer's return-to-work requests has won her unfair dismissal claim, after the Fair Work Commission found she had not "abandoned her employment".
A new report showing younger employees lack resilience is urging employers to intervene, but warns that treating them as fragile is "insulting and demotivating".
An employer's "many failures" during a worker's probation period didn't outweigh her repeated performance errors and poor attitude, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in unfair dismissal proceedings.
Suncorp has backpaid almost $32 million to underpaid workers and entered an enforceable undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman, after inconsistently applying a clause in its enterprise agreements.
Too many organisations remain focused on measuring engagement scores, without considering the individual elements that contribute to that number, according to a culture expert.
An employer didn't dismiss an HR administrator when it told her to stop referring to herself as an HR manager, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting this was a "demotion" that breached her employment contract.
Because stress can lead to burnout, it often gets a bad rap, but leaders who learn to channel it are fuelling superior performance, an organisational psychologist says.
An employee who was sacked for accusing his employer of covering up its own negligence has lost his unfair dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission finding he jumped to "quick, ill-informed conclusions".
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.
