Substantiating a formal complaint against an employee who had no opportunity to respond was more than a "mere blemish" in a disciplinary process, a commission has ruled in upholding her psychological injury claim.
An employee faced with "mounting" performance concerns voluntarily resigned to avoid being sacked, the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting her constructive dismissal claim.
Two instances of unreasonable conduct by an HR leader and supervisor were "disparate" in nature and didn't constitute bullying, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Analytics, AI and automation might not be HR's "natural habitat", but with training and support to take some myth out of it, they can experiment and optimise "moments that matter", says a transformation expert.
An HR manager has been criticised for failing to investigate an employee's bullying and abuse claims, after she instead collected misconduct evidence to support the employee's dismissal.
HR has a "tendency to overcomplicate things", when its policies and procedures could be much simpler, an examination of workplace culture issues at a major bank suggests.
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.