When employers are too focused on measuring employee engagement, deliberate workplace culture strategies tend to fall by the wayside, according to an expert.
An employer has been ordered to compensate an employee for unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission found it relied on a flawed skills matrix in making a highly skilled employee redundant.
New research reveals the extent of annual net savings organisations can achieve with workplace flexibility initiatives, estimating one employer's ROI at $135 million over five years.
An employee who frequently used racist language at work was fairly dismissed, despite his long and otherwise unblemished history with his employer, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Taking a data-driven approach to telling stories will help HR professionals convince more stakeholders to support their initiatives, a communications specialist says.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's claim that he was unfairly dismissed for serious misconduct after his employer failed to act on signs of his declining mental health.
An HR manager dismissed for misconduct has been ordered to pay $71k in costs for pursuing a meritless review of her case. Also in this article: HR roles in demand; organisations looking for onboarding expertise; and more.
An employer that has recently embraced on-demand staffing says the approach has helped it to mitigate the risk of overstretching staff during workload peaks.
When is a settlement actually 'settled'? In this week's featured HR Daily Community post, Shane Koelmeyer discusses a recent decision in which an employee unsuccessfully sought to re-open a dispute after failing to sign a settlement agreement.
Two recent unfair dismissal rulings have put recruitment practices in the spotlight - one involving a misleading candidate, and another a selection panel conflict of interest.
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.
