An employee has failed to prove his redundancy was not genuine, despite the Fair Work Commission finding HR could have done more to canvass redeployment options with him.
A new national inquiry into workplace sexual harassment is "long overdue" and will shine a spotlight on HR's prevention efforts. Also in this article, what's known so far about the PageUp data breach risks; research on job insecurity; another state gets labour hire licensing; and more.
Focusing on mental health outcomes has helped build managers' and employees' engagement with LGBTI-inclusion efforts at Lendlease, its diversity specialists say.
Reports of shortening attention spans may be overstated, but workplace learning still faces new challenges when it comes to engaging employees, says an expert in the field.
Harassment can be so deeply ingrained in an organisation's workplace culture that it becomes 'the new normal', and HR leaders need a more unified approach to preventing and addressing it, experts warn.
Female employees should not have to tell their older superiors that they don't want to be sent salacious texts, the Fair Work Commission has stressed, in finding an employee's dismissal for sending "sexually loaded" messages to colleagues was fair.
More than a buzzword, psychological safety provides real workplace benefits, creating an environment where employees feel confident to speak their minds and leading to greater productivity, a leadership expert says.
The extent to which individuals, including HR professionals, may be found personally liable for workplace breaches continues to expand and change under Australian law. In this webcast a workplace lawyer discusses individual liability issues, including accessorial liability under the Fair Work Act; personal liability under anti-discrimination and adverse action provisions; and much more.
Effectively managing the five 'Rs' of change can help maintain employees' productivity and performance, and an organisation's profitability, during workplace restructures, HR Daily Community member Mark Brand says. He discusses what these components are and how employers can deal with them in this week's featured post.
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.
