The Commonwealth Bank had a valid reason to sack an employee it alleged had stolen $3k, the Fair Work Commission has ruled, while questioning its decision to provide him with pay in lieu of notice.
Confusion abounds about the role formal warnings play during performance improvement processes, but a lawyer has shared best practice tips on when, and how, to warn employees about underperformance.
The Federal Court has found an employer took unlawful adverse action against an employee with a psychological injury, rejecting that his dismissal arose from what the HR manager described as a "misstep".
The Federal Government has proposed a new Fair Work regulation to prevent casual employees from "double dipping" on entitlements. Also in this article, more compensation and a penalty have been ordered in the case that sparked the casuals confusion, permanent conversion rights are to be extended, and more.
Employers have been slow to embrace behavioural insights to drive their culture transformations, but this area holds the key to building momentum and sustaining changes, an organisational development specialist says.
The Fair Work Commission has criticised Westpac for its "tick and flick" approach to workplace training, finding its dismissal of an employee for policy breaches was unfair.
What constitutes fairness when managing an underperformer? How long should they be given to improve, and under what circumstances? In this webcast, a lawyer shares guiding principles around PIP timeframes and targets, communication and support during the performance management process, and more.
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.
