An employee has lost his general protections claim after failing to convince a court he was sacked for being injured rather than a "bludger". Also in this article: new unfair dismissal rulings; why non-disclosure agreements should be "outlawed"; and more.
A manager who belittled and threatened employees has completed an enforceable undertaking in lieu of prosecution. Also in this article, an employee has won a compensation appeal over a psychological injury claim arising from bullying and ostracism by co-workers.
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.
What constitutes "best practice" when managing neurodiversity at work is evolving all the time. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to learn how to embed neuroinclusive practices into HR programs and every stage of the employment lifecycle.
