Employers are botching procedural fairness requirements when it comes to providing employees an opportunity to respond to allegations before they're dismissed, legal experts say.
The Fair Work Commission has castigated a large employer for its "astounding" lack of HR support, in ordering a $10,000 unfair dismissal payout to a former employee sacked for poor performance.
Pay rates look set to remain fairly flat in 2020, but some HR roles will fare better than others. Also in this article, Josh Bersin says it's time to simplify employee benefits; gender equality progress remains underwhelming; and more.
An employer's damage control following the demise of a workplace romance focused too much on a manager's conduct and not enough on his workload, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Employers have made great strides with early interventions to tackle mental ill health, but they are still failing to address the workplace root causes, according to an injury prevention expert.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld the dismissal of one worker who punched a supervisor in a drunken brawl at a social event but reinstated his colleague accused of the same conduct, finding the employer's investigation process lacked fairness.
Certain Fair Work Commission rulings from 2019 will have a lasting impact on employers' defence of unfair dismissal claims. This HR Daily Premium webcast discusses key themes and lessons from the case law.
In this week's featured post, HR Daily Community member Shane Koelmeyer shares a reminder about taking steps to protect confidential information before employees leave. Community members are also discussing written versus audio statements in workplace investigations, investing in the 'right' relationships at work, monitoring employees' online activity and more.
The Fair Work Commission has renewed its criticism of an employer for "crying poor and claiming inexperience" in its bungled dismissal of an employee who threatened a colleague with violence.
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.
