Four considerations must factor into employers' performance and disciplinary processes when mental health issues are potentially also at play, a workplace lawyer says.
An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that COVID-19 rendered his sales targets unachievable and that he shouldn't have been dismissed for poor performance.
The Fair Work Commission has chastised an employer for its "flawed" investigation of a safety incident, finding that a proper process would have made an employee's dismissal fair.
Employers' interest in 'total rewards' has accelerated during the pandemic, and those using best-practice approaches are reporting higher engagement and better alignment with company values, while reducing their overall spend.
An employer has to compensate a 61-year-old construction worker after laughing at his job application and suggesting he wasn't physically up to the work. Also in this article, rulings on harassment, misconduct, adverse action; and Porter loses the IR Ministry.
Employees are calling for action on gendered violence as s-xual assault and harassment reports continue to escalate. Meanwhile, the Fair Work Commission has extended pandemic-related flexibilities in awards; and more.
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