Data can play a powerful role in employers' diversity and inclusion programs, but many organisations don't know what to collect, or how to use their insights, a D&I expert says.
An employer's decision to dismiss a worker who had been absent for nearly two years was based on "assumptions or incomplete information", the Fair Work Commission has found.
If HR leaders want a more inspired, engaged workforce, they should focus on making every process in the employee lifecycle "anti-boring", a culture and people strategist says.
Secretly recording workplace conversations and disseminating them to colleagues was "sneaky, deceitful and unfair", the Fair Work Commission has ruled, finding the employee in question "needed to be stopped".
Personal happiness is the major driver for a satisfying work life, not the other way around, according to new research. Also in this article: who's on the move in HR roles.
Summarily sacking an employee after he significantly over-reported work linked to bonus payments was fair, despite a flawed dismissal process, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee who was "hypersensitive" to workplace gossip and criticism has won compensation for a psychological injury, after a commission found a procedurally unfair misconduct investigation was its predominant cause.
Employers have 12 months to consider which gender equality targets they are committed to improving, or face being 'named and shamed' for their inaction, after Parliament passed amendments to the Workplace Gender Equality Act. Meanwhile a new Bill proposes introducing 12 days' reproductive leave; and more.
If an employee had provided more insight into her workplace concerns, instead of resigning, her employer might have been "more proactive" in addressing them, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Despite not previously addressing an employee's inappropriate language at work, an employer has been cleared to discipline her for failing to role model "positive workplace behaviours".
Some employers have successfully stepped up to the task of managing psychosocial safety, but in many other workplaces, initiatives are falling flat. Join us for an HR Daily webinar to understand what's holding back progress in this critical space and how to move forward.
