An employer has lost its objection to compensating an employee whose blood pressure spiked in response to escalating workplace stress, causing a serious heart injury.
After letting go half of its workforce last year, Flight Centre has attained record-high engagement levels and is now implementing a 're-retention strategy'.
Employers are "mourning" the IR omnibus Bill's ill-fated enterprise bargaining changes, but there are plenty of other developments in this space to watch and prepare for, an employment lawyer says.
Offering flexibility is now a "make or break" factor for recruiting and retaining employees, as hybrid working becomes not just preferred, but expected. Also in this article, an employer steps up its "work anywhere" policy; and more.
The Fair Work Commission has found an employee would have accepted a demotion and pay cut rather than "face the unemployment queue" during COVID-19, in awarding him maximum compensation for unfair dismissal.
There's a difference between deliberate deceit and misleading statements, the Fair Work Commission has stressed, in finding that summary dismissal was a disproportionate response to an employee's misconduct.
An employee who was told his position was being made redundant "almost immediately" after returning to work from a long absence is entitled to compensation for a psychological injury, a commission has ruled.
An employee who was sacked at the end of her probationary period deliberately lied about her medical history, a tribunal has found, in upholding the denial of her compensation claim.
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.
