Workplace disagreements and behaviours caused an employee "some stress", but they didn't significantly contribute to his psychological ailment, a tribunal has ruled.
Given that ideas surrounding gender are "always evolving", it's important to transition those ideas into policies and practices, says the people leader at an award-winning LGBT-inclusive employer.
An employer has defended its decision not to renew a manager's employment contract, after it received negative feedback from his colleagues and discovered he'd failed to escalate serious cultural issues.
Employers risk losing new hires due to a values misalignment if they're not crystal clear during recruitment about responsibilities and expectations, an Australian academic says.
An employee had "legitimate privacy concerns" about her employer's vaccination history request and was unfairly sacked for resisting it, a commission has ruled in awarding her 14 weeks' compensation.
Employers have increasingly relied on technology to create virtual and remote workplaces in the past two years, and research suggests the metaverse might be the "next big thing".
A new ruling on whether a casual was entitled to claim unfair dismissal indicates a significant "shift" in the Fair Work Commission's approach, an employment lawyer says.
A casual employee who worked every week for more than a year has been blocked from pursuing her unfair dismissal claim, after the Fair Work Commission found her employment wasn't regular and systematic.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
