An employer statement provides valuable context for an organisation's gender pay gap, but it also helps to "build a great narrative" around gender equality efforts, according to a leader at the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
An employee sacked for making a highly offensive comment about a coworker has lost her unfair dismissal claim, despite arguing she was "simply discussing work colleagues in the company of friends".
The seven-figure damages award arising from a mishandled termination process serves as an extra reminder for employers to consider the interplay between employment contracts and company policies and procedures, a workplace lawyer says.
Rejecting an employee's flexible work request based on a perception that he would be distracted by his child and not responsive enough to customers was not reasonable, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee who was involved in multiple incidents, included two vehicle crashes and a D&A policy breach, was fairly dismissed despite his employer's lack of adherence to its own policy, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A new era in corporate leadership is no longer a nice-to-have, but critical for the survival of business, according to a specialist in transformational leadership theory.
Employers' duty to consult about major workplace change should only be triggered after a "definite decision" has been made, the Fair Work Commission has determined for the purpose of drafting model EA terms. However, it flagged that the topic will receive further consideration later this year.
With HR functions undergoing rapid tech-driven transformations, practitioners with data analytics skills and business partnering capabilities are in especially high demand, according to a new report on salaries and hiring trends.
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.
