An employee has been awarded $45k in damages after her informal complaint about sexual harassment was escalated without her knowledge, triggering a sequence of events that included defamation and victimisation claims.
Temporary changes to help employers manage pandemic conditions have been extended in 74 awards, but one remains in dispute. Also in this article: the impact of bystander action on bullying; and the scammers now targeting HR professionals.
An employer that made a manager's role redundant, then sought to settle his unfair dismissal claim by offering to re-employ him, did not act unlawfully, the Fair Work Commission has found. But in another case, an employer that didn't consult with an employee beyond initial talks because it saw the task as futile has been ordered to pay him compensation.
An employer's JobKeeper-enabling stand-down direction has been set aside after the Fair Work Commission found the employee could still be usefully employed.
Employers' acceleration of digital transformations is freeing up employees' time to spend on higher-value tasks, but with the unintended consequence of work becoming more difficult and stressful.
Employers' policies for ensuring the safety of vulnerable workers during the pandemic must be flexible and fluid to account for ever-changing recommendations, a lawyer says in the wake of a high-profile discrimination claim.
In a decision that affects all employers participating in the JobKeeper scheme, the Federal Court has answered a "short but important question" about calculating employees' fortnightly pay.
The week's biggest HR stories cover: dismissing employees for poor performance, failing to attend an IME, and 'time theft'; a $1.1m employment contract breach; encouraging employees back to the workplace; and more.
Working groups have largely agreed on the problems with Australia's industrial relations system, but the solutions will require some compromise, IR Minister Christian Porter has flagged. Also in this article: JobKeeper 2.0 regulations; new rulings on workplace misconduct, contract breaches and investigations; and more.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a worker's claim that the level of control an organisation exercised over his work indicated an employment rather than contracting relationship.
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.
