The best-performing organisations don't cut costs and headcounts reactively, but rather build a culture where reviewing and adjusting resources is an "ongoing discipline and expectation", research shows.
An employer had decided an employee wasn't suited to his role before he took sick leave, the Federal Circuit Court has accepted, ruling that sacking him the day he returned to work wasn't unlawful adverse action.
When courts are considering who made a decision to dismiss or take other adverse action against an employee, and for what reasons, identifying and interrogating all decision-makers has become a "live issue", a workplace lawyer says.
Changing the wording of survey questions can make the difference between feedback managers take accountability for, and feedback that makes them feel attacked, a conference has heard.
Only 10% of workers who report s-xual harassment say their employer took disciplinary action against the harasser, according to new research from Diversity Council Australia.
An employee's perceptions of bullying, and her employer's failure to investigate her complaints, were significant precipitating factors in her death, a coronial inquest has found.
A full Federal Court ruling affirms there's a low threshold for what triggers the corporate whistleblower regime, and workplace lawyers say it provides "authoritative guidance" on how employers can discharge their reverse onus of proof.
An employer had solid reasons for finding a manager's behaviour posed psychosocial safety risks, and for expecting senior leaders to have greater awareness of their conduct obligations, a commission has found.
An employee has won compensation for unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission found he was warned about failing to provide notice of his absences, but not more broadly about his attendance issues.
A resignation email that copied in clients was potentially embarrassing for an employer, but it didn't warrant dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
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