An employer displayed "marked indifference" to an employee's complaints about appearing in a sexualised workplace safety poster, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Virtual performance reviews are often a "transactional" process, and they need to become much more empathetic conversations, a leadership academic says.
Despite some recent rulings upholding vaccination mandates, employers must approach this area with extreme caution, and lawyers suggest some simple word changes could make all the difference.
An employer's duty of care is personal to each individual employee, but its response to a foreseeable psych injury risk must be capable of extending to any employee, a court has ruled in a psych injury appeal.
"Deskless workers" often get overlooked in workplace engagement efforts, and new research highlights seven focus areas for improving their employee experience.
The High Court has refused to grant special leave to an employee whose $5.2 million damages award for adverse action had been overturned, but the dispute is set to be reheard in the Federal Court.
It was potentially unreasonable not to allow an employee to take long-service leave to await an unapproved vaccine, but the Fair Work Commission has stopped short of preventing her dismissal for failing to comply with a vaccination mandate.
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.
