An employer should have assessed an employee who was showing "evident signs" of mental health issues at work and then moved her to another role, the High Court has ruled in upholding her psychiatric injury appeal.
Pay transparency is now receiving a lot of attention, but lawyers say there are complex issues to consider when removing secrecy clauses from employment contracts.
The need for disruption strategies has never been clearer, with organisations' reliability determined by whether they sink or swim in a crisis, Australian academics say.
A manager who produced an "offensive" and factually incorrect template letter when her employer enquired about her coronavirus vaccination status was unfairly sacked due to procedural deficiencies.
At the same time as they drive diversity throughout their organisations, HR teams have work to do in addressing gender norms that undermine their own authority, Australian researchers suggest.
An employee has failed to prove he was unfairly sacked for his out-of-hours assault of a subordinate, with whom he was having an affair, after arguing it didn't impact his work performance.
Most employers' HR data contains insights which, when uncovered, can dramatically improve the ROI of programs and interventions, a strategic workforce planning expert says.
Four leading companies have established "golden rituals" that not only streamline team-based projects, but improve their workplace cultures, a collaboration specialist says.
An employer's justification for performance managing an employee was clouded by its belief that she was causing workplace disputes, the Fair Work Commission has found in stop-bullying proceedings.
A worker has failed to prove he was entitled to employee benefits for the seven years he performed duties for an organisation, after the Federal Circuit Court found the parties' arrangements indicated he was a contractor.
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.
