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An employer has successfully sought an order to access an employee's phone records, following a dispute about whether he accessed p-rn on his company-provided device. Also in this article, a roundup of recent dismissal rulings; and new research on end-of-year celebrations, wage theft, disability inclusion, and more.

An employer was wrong to dismiss a worker based on an HR investigation that excluded him from a crucial aspect, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Organisations are spending millions of dollars on HR technology that is failing to make employees happier or more engaged, according to global talent management expert Josh Bersin.

Talent specialists are getting swamped by "metric fog", using too many metrics without measuring their data to drive decisions, according to NBN Australia's head of talent.

An employer might have an "arguable" appeal case against a finding it unfairly sacked an employee who engaged in a heated email exchange with his CEO, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

HR teams with systems in need of overhaul should not waste time "being special"; rather, "you just have to get it done", according to the GM of people and capability at Linfox Armaguard.

Almost 80 per cent of the global workforce are positive about their employment experience, but too many organisations still focus on engagement as a major problem to be fixed, says a leading employee experience specialist.

In separate s-xual harassment cases, derogatory and hostile comments towards a female colleague warranted an employee's dismissal but the employer's procedural flaws made it unfair; and another employer has defended sacking a worker for sending explicit images to his manager.

Employees would sacrifice other workplace benefits for employers to focus more on their wellbeing, research has found, yet efforts in this area appear to have stalled.