The ABC is backpaying $12 million plus a $600k contrition payment after underpaying nearly 2,000 employees. Also in this article, ACCC allegations against a workplace advisor; minimum wages rise; and more.
The week's biggest HR stories cover: the first industrial manslaughter conviction; WorkPac's casual appeal; what's missing in wellness programs; and more.
An employer whose warning letters to an underperforming employee were so positive that she claimed to have been unaware her employment was at stake has successfully defended an unfair dismissal claim.
Even when avenues for improvement appear to be exhausted, it's crucial to follow a procedurally fair process when dismissing an employee for poor performance. In this webinar, an employment lawyer shares guiding principles around terminating for underperformance.
In this week's featured post, Catherine Gillespie discusses a potential spike in adverse action claims. HR Daily Community members are also blogging about wellbeing programs, supporting retrenched employees, workplace returns and more.
A senior employee's disappointment over being excluded from a recruitment panel was the driving force behind his subsequent misconduct, but couldn't excuse it, a commission has found.
WorkPac is applying to appeal a ruling that has major implications for all employers of casual workers. Also in this article: how employers have upped the ante on wellbeing, concerns about mental heath support, new 'wage theft' laws, and more.
COVID-19 hasn't just accelerated a broad shift to remote and flexible work, it's raised employee expectations of choice in all areas of their work life, according to a global HR leader now aiming to give employees "as much choice as possible".
An open and proactive approach to HR strategies ensures employees are engaged, leaders are in touch with their people, the organisation is agile, and it attracts and retains top talent – even in times of crisis – says a people leader.
Redeployment is the very important "third limb" of the genuine redundancy test and employers need to show they have considered all viable options even in the current climate, says a workplace lawyer.
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.
