Failure rates are high when it comes to implementing AI in workplaces, but taking a wait-and-see approach is just as risky for employers, an innovation specialist says.
Just two hours of sedentary desk work results in a significant decline in mental state, however this effect can be reversed with a short period of exercise, a study has found.
It was fair to dismiss an employee who avoided workplace investigation meetings and refused his employer's requests for medical examinations, the Fair Work Commission has found.
As flexibility becomes the new normal, organisations are approaching what they offer in new ways that better support their employees' work-life balance, a major report on benefits shows.
An employer's application for approval of a new enterprise agreement has been rejected by the Fair Work Commission, which found it didn't pass the better-off-overall test and wasn't genuinely agreed to by the workforce.
In dismissing an employee's stop-bullying application, the Fair Work Commission has accepted an employer's undertakings to restrict his correspondence and interactions with the alleged bullies.
When employees are disengaged, but resolve to stay with the organisation for want of a better option, they can start perceiving problems where they don't exist, a conflict resolution specialist warns.
The potential for an employee's behaviour in an airport lounge to cause "serious damage" to her work relationship meant she couldn't argue it was out-of-hours conduct unworthy of dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
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.
