HR professionals should expect to take an increasingly active role in how organisations approach data protection, both when planning a response to potential breaches and in the aftermath of an event, a specialist lawyer says.
A Fair Work Commission member took the wrong approach when dismissing a sexual harassment dispute application on the basis it wasn't validly made, a full bench has found in upholding an employee's appeal.
One of the most "high-impact productivity tools" available to employees is sleep, according to a global executive who successfully shifted from being sleep-deprived and "always on" to sleeping for longer and being "intentionally on".
A manager's comments and actions reflected her workplace's "command and control" environment and weren't unreasonable, the Fair Work Commission has found, in refusing to make stop-bullying orders.
When a manager discussed an employee's pregnancy with her colleagues without her consent she wasn't left with no choice but to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found, in dismissing her general protections claim.
Conciliation conferences have become less about hearing both sides of a dispute and much more focused on offers, so amendments designed to reduce the Fair Work Commission's workload should also be positive for employers, a workplace lawyer says.
Despite damaging her employer's reputation with clients, an employee would have had "reasonable prospects" of improving her performance if she'd been given the chance to do so, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding her unfair dismissal claim.
The Fair Work Commission has allowed a general protections dismissal claim to proceed against an organisation, despite it not directly employing the worker who alleges she was sacked at its direction.
Failing to confirm whether a distressed employee meant to quit during an emotional conversation resulted in his dismissal, despite his employer having no intention to let him go, the Fair Work Commission has found.
When managers can clearly explain the links between an organisation's financial performance, budget, and remuneration decisions, pay review conversations become an engagement tool rather than a source of disappointment, according to a leadership advisor.
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