Ernst & Young has defended terminating a senior partner who was charged with assault after hours spent drinking with staff and clients, on the basis his conduct was likely to harm the firm's interests.
Being clear on why an organisation wants to host an end-of-year event helps ensure HR plays more than a compliance role, an experienced consultant says.
One of the biggest lessons so far from the Fair Work Commission's arbitration of flexible work disputes is that employers must engage in meaningful dialogue with workers who are seeking new arrangements, a lawyer says.
An employee has been chastised for "grasping at excuses for his unacceptable conduct", with the Fair Work Commission accepting he posed a "serious and imminent risk" to workplace health and safety and was fairly sacked.
Mischaracterising a performance issue as misconduct is a common mistake that can significantly undermine an employer's defence of unfair dismissal claims, a lawyer says.
Frustration with an employee who acted unprofessionally should not have coloured an employer's perception of whether her "disrespectful" comments amounted to a resignation, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Relying on complaints from seven years ago was "misconceived", the Fair Work Commission has ruled, in finding a worker accused of sexual misconduct should be reinstated.
Only slightly more than half of Australian Gen Z employees say their current job aligns with their ideal career, and just 6% plan to stay for a long time in their role, according to a new report.
Employers need strong policies and programs for psychosocial risk management, but to move from "talking the talk", to "walking the walk", they also need to improve their support for line managers, a workplace psychologist says.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
