The pandemic's impact on health and wellbeing has led many employers to falsely believe that workers are now more comfortable discussing their mental health at work, research has found.
A previously lenient response to incorrect mask-wearing didn't prevent an employer from later taking "firm and fair disciplinary action" against an employee, but her summary dismissal was nonetheless harsh, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Employers have made a few leaps and bounds in performance management over the past two years, but some surprising areas are still lagging, research shows.
The HR talent market is experiencing the "perfect squeeze", which is driving up remuneration and sparking a more "creative approach" to rewards, a specialist recruiter says.
HR practitioners are in high demand across the country, but in certain roles salaries are spiking to lure top talent, according to specialist recruiters.
An employee's medical exemption from receiving a flu vaccination did not mitigate the risks she posed to other workers and vulnerable clients, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in rejecting her unfair dismissal claim.
Evidence that an employer thought a worker's overtime pay enquiry suggested "rot" would spread through the organisation has undermined its defence to an adverse action claim.
Despite making no findings, the Fair Work Commission has said an employer should investigate the incident at the centre of an employee's application for stop-sexual-harassment orders.
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.
