Reducing an HR manager's responsibilities after she complained about her excessive workload did not amount to a constructive dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Too many workplaces now suffer from 'productivity paranoia', where leaders believe there's been a drop in work activity, and employees feel like their every move is being scrutinised.
Short-term performance measures and incentives implemented under the guise of "transformational change" embed toxicity in a workplace, but this can be remedied, an academic says.
An employer has failed to prove a long-serving employee "decided to jump before she was pushed", when she verbally resigned after it made serious allegations against her.
Employers often don't respond well to disclosures about autism because they mistakenly think the employee wants workplace adjustments, when really they just want to be understood, a psychologist says.
An employer had a right to make operational changes that led to a redundancy, even if the impacted employee considered them "bad, or wrong" decisions, the Fair Work Commission has held.
A platform that lets employers and candidates view performance ratings of recruitment companies and individual consultants is potentially breaching the Australian Consumer Law, research suggests.
Too many employees are burning out because they cannot be themselves at work, but a factor complicating this issue is that most people "don't know who they are".
An employee's criticisms of her dismissal process did not outweigh the fact she engaged in serious misconduct by knowingly altering crucial information on forms submitted for Government funding, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A major scandal involving a now-defunct payroll company has resulted in four people being found guilty, in the past week, of conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth and deal with proceeds of crime.
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.