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Having hard conversations effectively is "an eminently learnable skill", made much simpler by using a framework for preparation, a coaching expert says.

An employee who refused vaccination but wasn't yet required to return to the workplace was prematurely dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Employers must overcome four common misconceptions around hybrid work to effectively embed the practice in the long term, new research suggests.

Ethical AI is helping employers get closer to "zero wasted potential" in their workforce, and drastically reducing people costs along the way.

A tribunal will now reconsider whether an employer discriminated against a female manager who earned less than her male colleagues, after an appeal court accepted it applied outdated concepts to her original claim.

In a long-running case analysing when a redundancy occurs due to the "ordinary and customary turnover of labour", the Federal Court has fined an employer for its "conscious and deliberate" failure to pay employees their entitlements.

A candidate has passed the first hurdle in claiming that an employer misled her when it said an employment offer had lapsed due to reference check issues and 'unacceptable' communication.

Candidates are increasingly 'ghosting' recruiters, as they fail to turn up to interviews, assessments and even jobs as acceptance rates fall and recruiters' workloads continue to rise, a recruitment industry analyst says.

Against a backdrop of escalating pressures and workplace complaints, equipping managers to handle performance and other issues more effectively will help lessen the likelihood of claims, a lawyer says.

Workload overwhelm is the top work-related reason for EAP referrals, and HR is not immune, an organisational psychologist says.