It would be "unconscionable" to allow an employer to dismiss a group of employees for misconduct after an "arbitrary and unfair" investigation, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled.
Approaching leaders' resilience more proactively is helping an employer respond to ambiguity with more "foresight, hindsight and insight", its people leader says.
The Federal Court has restrained a non-legal representative from communicating with three major employers on behalf of unvaccinated workers, finding his emails have become "progressively more aggressive" and threatening.
Employers are becoming increasingly concerned about facing claims in the Fair Work Commission from workers who are represented by people without legal qualifications.
Leaders tend to think they're doing a better job than they actually are, and this lack of self-awareness is a major obstacle to navigating a world of hyper-change, says an organisational psychologist.
An employer has failed to prove that it sacked an employee over "threatening" and "offensive" internal communications, with a court finding her complaints about executives "sealed [her] fate".
Despite affecting "a hell of a lot" of the workplace climate for their people, many leaders don't give enough thought to adapting their style to the moment, a coach and 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.
