Dismissing an employee for a racial slur made within earshot of a colleague who took offence was a "disproportionate" response to his conduct, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Employees who take ownership of their work are more driven, engaged and innovative, creating a win/win situation for staff and the business, says HR Daily Community member Brennan McEachran.
An organisation that increased its net profit by 500 per cent within 12 months says of all the culture-change strategies it implemented, the single most important one was also the simplest.
An employee who claimed he had no idea he was being performance managed has lost his unfair dismissal claim, after the Fair Work Commission found a lack of formal warnings didn't undermine the termination.
An employment lawyer has warned HR against dismissing underperforming workers without following formal processes, despite the Fair Work Commission recently validating such an approach.
Researchers have identified a new category of engagement that leads to high performance: employees who are not only enthusiastic about their work, but enabled by their organisation to do their best.
In organisations where employees are both engaged and enabled to deliver high performance, pride, trust and appreciation reign, a leadership expert says.
Taking employees' biorhythms into account when organising work could be "the next step" for HR in fostering healthier, safer, and more productive workplaces, an academic says.
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.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
