Reorganising a workplace so an employee could safely perform duties would have represented a "transformation of his substantive position", rather than a reasonable adjustment, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Many of the Fair Work Act's amendments are "working as intended", a review has found, but its draft report suggests the list of employees' "protected attributes" could potentially be expanded, and fixed-term contract limits warrant further reform.
It was wrong of an employee not to correct her employer's false assumption about her qualifications, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding her dismissal.
Large employers deserve detailed guidance on what might constitute a "reasonable excuse" for not complying with proposed new laws requiring improvements on gender-equality measures, a Senate Committee has recommended.
Before employers can effectively address the interpersonal issues now affecting culture and productivity in many organisations, it's important to understand what's causing them. This webcast unpacks key trends, and how to respond.
An employee's bid to reopen his unfair dismissal case, so he could publicly raise "scandalous" allegations against his former employer, has been rejected by the Fair Work Commission.
An attempt to block access to mental health records in a dispute about an employee's physical condition has failed, with a Tribunal refusing to "divorce" the two issues.
It was unfair to summarily dismiss an employee who had a "genuine misunderstanding" of what his employer required, regardless of his serious misconduct, according to the Fair Work Commission.
When an organisation's culture lacks a key element, return-to-office mandates simply won't work. Meanwhile employers often refer to diversity, equity and inclusion in their EVPs, but struggle to define why it's a good thing.
Time spent in-person with colleagues can build a valuable sense of belonging at work, but if employers really want to create this, mandating a return to the office is one of the worst ways to go about it, a culture expert warns.
Some employers have successfully stepped up to the task of managing psychosocial safety, but in many other workplaces, initiatives are falling flat. Join us for an HR Daily webinar to understand what's holding back progress in this critical space and how to move forward.
