The Fair Work Commission has declined to block five employers from disciplining employees who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccination, after finding they could suffer "irrecoverable" financial detriment by retaining them.
Equipping employees with better listening skills is having a major impact on mental health conversations, which is in turn building better workplace connections.
Payroll audits have had their day in identifying potential underpayments, and it's time for employers to embrace analytics, says former Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James.
Westpac has entered into an enforceable undertaking and is backpaying employees $6 million after self-reporting that it had underpaid long service leave entitlements.
An employee who claimed he "ticked all the boxes" for a promotion was not "kept away" because of his race, a commission has found, accepting evidence that those on the shortlist were more qualified.
Procedural flaws have brought down an employer's unfair dismissal defence, with the Fair Work Commission finding they outweighed an employee's divisive, defiant, intimidating and bullying behaviour.
More than nine in 10 employers are planning salary increases for their workforce in 2022, with many already attributing unwanted attrition to pay dissatisfaction, research has found.
There is now too much advice about what is wrong with workplaces, and not enough resources going towards prevention and recovery from the "overwhelm epidemic", a leadership and high-performance expert says.
An employee who refuses to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has failed to prevent impending disciplinary action, with a court describing her adverse action claim as "exceedingly weak".
It's time for employers to become "comfortable" addressing domestic and family violence issues at work, with an advocacy group releasing a new framework to drive practical action in all workplaces.
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.
