Category: Legal
- Discrimination, Featured, Legal, Section, Secure Jobs Bill
As of December last year, employees who feel they’ve been discriminated against for their gender or intersex status, or for breastfeeding in the workplace, have more power for legal recourse.
- Featured, Legal, Section
A business mandating a 50-hour work week for its employees was deemed unreasonable by the Federal Court. What counts as ‘reasonable’ overtime?
- Featured, Legal, Recruitment, Section, Strategic HR
Effective job interviews are vital to ensure the best person for the job is hired. But knowing what questions you can and can’t ask is something all HR professionals need to be aware of.
- Employment law, Featured, Legal, Section, Secure Jobs Bill
In light of the recent industrial relations changes, here’s what HR needs to revise when creating new employment contracts.
- Featured, Legal, Section, Strategic HR
Requesting an employee’s medical history can be a tricky conversation. While some people might be reluctant to reveal their personal health information, there are some instances where disclosure is necessary for compliance and their safety.
- Employee wellbeing, Employment law, Featured, Legal, Section
Micromanagement might not sound all that serious on face value, but this Fair Work and contract case – which has been labelled one of the biggest payouts for a general protections claim – shows it can have alarming consequences.
- Employment law, Featured, Legal, Section
While there’s little chance of going back to the pre-pandemic way of working, employers are able to direct their people to return to the office. So what happens if an employee refuses?
- Featured, Legal, Section
If a staff member discloses private information that requires you to breach an employee’s confidentiality, consider following these steps first.
- Employee wellbeing, Featured, Legal, Section
As the world reopens and people start planning holidays, employers might be faced with resourcing issues. In this instance, are they allowed to deny an annual leave request?
- Featured, Legal, Section
Need to change an employee’s job description to cover for departing staff? Make sure you have your legal bases covered.
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- Featured, How to's, Trusted partnership
A HR practitioner offers a range of thought-provoking questions to help you plan your next career move.
- Featured, How to's, Section, Talent management
Keep these tips in mind to ensure your organisation’s probation periods go beyond being a tick-box exercise and become a driver of strong culture and high performance.
- Featured, How to's, Section, Trusted partnership
From building your case in advance to avoiding the trap of false politeness, use these strategies to help you engage in constructive dissent at the executive level.
LEGAL
- Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
An employee was recently awarded over $36,000 by the Fair Work Commission due to flaws in her employer’s workplace investigation process. What can HR learn from this decision?
- Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
Several recent cases heard by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) suggest verbal agreements in the workplace can carry more legal weight than some employers realise.
- Diversity and Inclusion, Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
In a climate where diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are under scrutiny, how can HR help ensure their organisation’s gender equality targets stay on track?
- Featured, Legal, Workplace Health and Safety
Social media may be considered part of the workplace for politicians, finds NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). Where can HR draw the line in terms of their legal obligations around an employee’s online activity?