It was "unrealistic" for an employee to believe he could return to work without attending an independent medical examination, given the employer's "serious" concerns about his mental health, a tribunal has ruled in rejecting his unfair dismissal claim.
Overall demand for HR professionals has again fallen, after an uptick late last year. Meanwhile, HR and talent acquisition roles are blending, but not fast enough, according to an advisor.
A role that maintained an employee's salary and seniority was an "acceptable" redeployment offer, even if she viewed it as a "step backwards" in her career, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Workplace stress levels follow some "predictable patterns", analysis of mental health data shows. Meanwhile, there's a new code of practice on s-xual and gender-based harassment.
Failing to properly notify an employee about the outcome of his misconduct investigation was "highly irregular and troubling", but the employer's deficiencies didn't force him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Despite initially offering voluntary redundancy as an option, an employer wasn't required to pay out a worker when it had acceptable redeployment alternatives available, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The stress that an employee suffered after being accused of inappropriate workplace behaviour constituted a disability for the purpose of his adverse action claim, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
Work is not merely a location where intimate partner violence can occur, or where victim-survivors might escape it, according to researchers who say the problem is more fluid, "surfacing anywhere".
When an employee nearing the end of her parental leave was removed from her employer's systems and told current staffing levels were "sufficient", she was effectively dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.
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.
