An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that a manager's email celebrating his impending dismissal was evidence that an investigation into his conduct had been predetermined.
'Returnships' could help organisations solve many of their talent, skills and diversity challenges, yet employers remain needlessly wary of hiring older workers.
The Fair Work Commission has criticised an employer's opaque decision-making process, while upholding the dismissal of an employee for serious misconduct.
Workplace investigations can be highly emotive, and in this week's featured post, HR Daily Community member Vince Scopelliti details strategies to help employers avoid any potential fallout.
An employer has been ordered to pay $1.2m damages to an employee it sacked for publicly criticising its workplace and peers. Also in this article, when to ask R U OK?; unfair dismissal wrap; and more.
An employee's difficult personal circumstances made her employer's formal response to her workplace behaviour issues "excessive", a tribunal has upheld on appeal.
Striving for perfection can have dire consequences for employees' mental health and productivity, but there's an alternative approach, a performance specialist says.
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.
