Racist, s-xist and profane language contributed to a "toxic and confrontational" workplace, and was the main cause of an employee's psychological injury, a commission has ruled.
Employers don't have a positive obligation to make reasonable workplace adjustments for employees with mental health issues, but doing so can be a major help in defending discrimination or general protections claims later, a lawyer says.
An organisation has revamped its employee experience by taking the existing "goodness" and making it more consistent across the business, its people leader says.
Leaders wanting to get more from their teams are struggling to know how to drive better performance, according to a coach who says it's time to set a new bar.
Return-to-office mandates are set to "come to a head" before the holiday season, and employers going down this path should be prepared to lose loyal talent and pay a premium for newcomers, an HR advisor says.
An online-only recruitment model used for the first time by the public sector last year "did not always meet the key objective of selecting the most meritorious candidates", an investigation has found.
A long-serving employee who was wrongly certified fit for safety critical duties because of his dishonesty during a medical assessment has lost his unfair dismissal claim.
A debate about how Australia can "future-proof" work relations has seen widespread agreement that reform is needed, but conflicting opinions about how "sweeping" it should be.
The future of talent acquisition lies more in augmentation than automation, but TA teams need to obtain far more information about performance differentiators, according to an expert.
An employee made it "impossible" for an employer to make her performance management process collaborative and supportive, a commission has found in rejecting her unfair dismissal claim.
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.
