Three months was a "reasonable" amount of time to wait and see if an employee recovered from a psychological injury so he could return to work, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting his unfair dismissal claim.
An employee who resigned because of a manager's "toxic" communication style has failed to prove this was her only option, despite the Fair Work Commission agreeing that it can be "very hard to tell a bully that they are a bully".
Regulatory pressure and public scrutiny of the way organisations manage their people data has never been greater. Watch this webcast to understand the crucial elements of a data breach risk management and response plan.
The Federal Court has increased an employee's damages for age discrimination from $20k to $90k, and added an order for economic loss, after finding he had suffered "considerable loss of amenity of life".
The "bamboo ceiling" is alive and well in many organisations across Australia, and one way to break through it is for employers to build their cultural intelligence or "CQ", an inclusion leader says.
Some two-thirds of employees believe their work experience can be better, but the figure is even higher among HR professionals, new research shows. Meanwhile cost-of-living pressures are impacting the workplace.
An employee's comments to a colleague "under the guise of humour" went "far beyond simply swearing" and amounted to s-xual harassment, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee who claimed he was screamed at and bullied by managers has lost his constructive dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission ruling that his resignation was an "overreaction" to the circumstances.
A director who became "erratic and abusive" after a workplace relationship broke down has lost his unfair dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission finding the employer exhausted all other avenues before making its decision.
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.
