Many organisations are now realising that neurotypical assumptions have underpinned their HR systems and practices for a long time, a corporate mental health specialist says.
It's a common mistake for HR teams to spread their budget too thinly, when it's better to target a small number of areas with the most potential to make a big difference, an experienced advisor says.
When social media posts caused an employer to doubt the validity of an employee's personal leave, it was entitled to seek further information, a commission has ruled in discrimination proceedings.
An employee doesn't have to correctly identify an employer to make a valid general protections claim against it, a Fair Work Commission full bench has affirmed.
The speed with which one employee's bad behaviour can taint an entire brand means it pays to consider all employees as ambassadors, according to an executive coach and communications specialist.
It wasn't reasonable to require an employee to "identify feelings within himself and how they may present in others" as part of a performance improvement plan, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in unfair dismissal proceedings.
The Federal Government has released its long-awaited response to a Fair Work Act review, committing to further consideration of the fixed-term contract limits and encouraging sector-specific efforts to pursue exceptions.
It's crucial to distinguish between 'fit' and 'alignment' when making hiring and promotion decisions, but often organisations either conflate the two, or prioritise the wrong one, a registered psychologist says.
Failing to give an employee even a "brief opportunity" to provide evidence of her current and future fitness for work made her dismissal unfair, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
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