To ensure they take 'reasonable management action' when handling complex workplace processes, employers need policies that provide for fairness and consistency, but also some flexibility, lawyers say.
High anxiety rates among younger employees are now having a major impact on both the feedback managers give to teams, and how it's received, a leadership specialist says.
An employer held an "unshakable" belief that an employee had engaged in misconduct, but it wasn't supported by evidence, the Fair Work Commission has found in unfair dismissal proceedings.
When it comes to tapping into employee advocacy to strengthen employer brands, Australia needs to "play catch up" with other countries, a specialist says.
The Fair Work Commission has cleared an employee to pursue a late general protections claim, criticising her employer for arguing she should have been able to file it on time despite experiencing health issues and ongoing FDV.
In prioritising the "good of the organisation", a people and culture manager's response to an employee's sexual harassment complaint was "flawed", a tribunal has ruled.
Despite a "substantial overlap" in the facts to be considered in an employee's stop-bullying and adverse action claims, the Fair Work Commission has refused an employer's request for an adjournment.
An employer unfairly dismissed a casual employee when it informed her by text message that further shifts were "on hold" shortly after she announced she was pregnant, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in ordering her reinstatement.
Amid widespread concerns that managers are avoiding difficult processes due to psychosocial safety fears, a lawyer warns that this approach can actually increase the risk of claims.
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