HR Daily Community member Shane Koelmeyer discusses under which circumstances a deed of release can backfire for an employer. Community members are also blogging about dismissals for dr-g and alcohol breaches, managing complainant expectations during investigations, and dealing with workplace racism.
Australia Post breached a manager's employment contract when it offered him four "unsuitable" positions after shutting down his project, the Federal Court has ruled.
An employer's rostering system helped to give a casual employee a reasonable expectation of continuing employment, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled in allowing her to claim unfair dismissal.
Sophisticated recruitment marketing remains a rarity and employers need to "up the ante" this year, according to PageUp's head of market research and insights.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's call for HR managers to refresh their bullying training, in finding no specific bullying risks persisted at his workplace.
High-performance work practices have long been associated with increased competition, but new research suggests they actually prevent negative behaviours such as bullying.
A tribunal has agreed to hear a discrimination claim by an employee who alleges she had to pay $5000 for her own medical assessment because her employer had misgivings about her mental health.
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.
