An unprecedented misalignment between economic and labour trends is causing a "fragmented market" where more employees are intending to leave, at the same time as more intend to stay, Gartner research shows.
Expectations regarding employees' personal appearance at work have softened significantly over the past few years, and organisations that try to impose strict standards will feel their backlash, a lawyer says.
A Fair Work Commission full bench has dismissed a stop s-xual harassment appeal, finding a disgruntled worker was seeking to agitate historical grievances.
An employee has won the right to appeal the rejection of his unfair dismissal claim, after an informal discussion escalated into a termination meeting.
An employee's out-of-hours misconduct wasn't a "trivial instance of drunken frivolity", but rather a serious event that could have damaged an employer's reputation, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in upholding his dismissal.
Part-time work can offer employees stronger work/life balance, but too many organisations still see it as an "inconvenient" perk, a flexible work specialist says.
An employee who had "managed to cope" for years following a stressful work event has lost his workers' compensation claim, after a tribunal found the "tipping point" for his psychological injury was a reasonable disciplinary process.
A proactive investigation into whether an employer complied with a positive duty to prevent workplace s-xual harassment has identified several areas for improvement, with a commission flagging this is likely to be the case among other businesses.
A "wave of uncertainty" is causing hybrid employees not to use their sick leave, but this is driving up toxic presenteeism, a wellbeing specialist says.
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