Organisations are suffering from an epidemic of "knowledge obesity", caused by feeding employees excessive information that does not translate to action, says Atlassian's resident work futurist.
An employer whose HR officer was described as too busy to properly deal with an employee's attendance issues has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that some errors in its unfair dismissal ruling warranted a rehearing of the case.
Employees are too often lodging stop-bullying claims to delay performance or disciplinary proceedings against them, and it's a fact that hasn't gone unnoticed by the Fair Work Commission, says HR Daily Community member Shane Koelmeyer in this week's featured post.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to pay redundancy entitlements to an employee who successfully argued a redeployment offer would have an "unreasonable impact" on her daily commute.
Performance ratings reveal far more about managers than they do the employees who are the subject of the appraisal, a global leadership expert says. Also in this article, GE's former CEO warns on 'old' company transformations.
Giving a senior employee three months' notice of termination, then summarily dismissing him on "inexplicable" grounds after just a month, had the potential to cause such "extreme" damage to his reputation that it warranted $450k in damages, a court has ruled.
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New research by Deloitte highlights growing skills shortages, while dispelling some common myths about the future of work, including those around casualisation and the end of office working.
Purpose always trumps task at Disney, and that's how the organisation's employees deliver consistent world-class experiences and business results, says a vice president.
One employer will have to face an unfair dismissal claim lodged outside the 21-day timeframe after the Fair Work Commission accepted the employee had no internet access, but another employee has failed to prove his poor mental health prevented timely lodgment of his claim.
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.
