The NSW public sector's new guide on office time is far from a mandate, but comes across as a "captain's call" that perpetuates stereotypes, a workplace advisor says.
It was "excessive" and unfair to take six months to investigate workplace misbehaviour allegations, a commission has found in upholding an employee's psychological injury claim.
As the Fair Work Commission continues to dripfeed information about its new 'unfair contracts' jurisdiction, a lawyer sets out what to expect under its new expanded powers.
With AI now making some skills less valuable, knowledge workers should be "honing" their human skills, but they need leadership support, a data scientist says.
In a new ruling highlighting the importance of discussing expectations when employees resign, the Fair Work Commission has found a manager didn't "freely" agree to leave before his notified end date.
Union officials' rights of entry have recently expanded. This HR Daily Premium webcast provides a refresher on entry rights and obligations, and sets out crucial considerations for employers as union activity ramps up.
A manager had "ostensible authority" to act on an employer's behalf, despite its claims to the contrary, and made it "unequivocally clear" to an employee that she no longer had a job, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that hundreds of labour hire employees, on-hired to Woolworths, are not entitled to the backpay that their directly-employed colleagues received after voting up a new enterprise agreement with a 'same pay' clause.
An employer has been ordered to pay a sacked worker $28k in compensation, after it backed out of an agreement to provide him with support to achieve his performance targets.
Some employers have successfully stepped up to the task of managing psychosocial safety, but in many other workplaces, initiatives are falling flat. Join us for an HR Daily webinar to understand what's holding back progress in this critical space and how to move forward.
