Category: Legal
- Featured, Legal, Section
The Federal Court has ordered a Sydney jeweller to pay a record sum in damages after finding its owner had sexually harassed one of his employees. Here’s what HR needs to know.
- Featured, Legal, Section, Strategic HR
A worker’s dismissal for sharing explicit images with his colleagues has been overturned by the FWC due to a lack of procedural fairness. What can HR learn from this case?
- Featured, Legal, Section, Strategic HR
A recent FWC case has drawn attention to the legal complications that can arise when an employer discovers one of their workers is looking for another job.
- Featured, Legal, Section
A recent FWC case has highlighted that employers are subject to general protections claims even when a worker is employed on trial or probation status.
- Featured, Flexible work, Legal, Section
In a recent decision, the Fair Work Commission ruled that an employee working remotely without their manager’s permission constituted a valid reason for dismissal.
- Featured, Legal, Section
A mechanic who suffered an out-of-work injury has been granted damages after his employer’s “clumsy” handling of his return to work. Here are HR’s key takeaways from this case.
- Enterprise bargaining, Featured, Industrial relations, Legal, Section
Criminalising wage theft and industrial manslaughter, and stronger protections for gig economy workers. Here are the big-ticket items in the government’s Closing Loopholes Bill.
- Employment law, Featured, Legal, Section
The government plans to introduce reforms to make it easier for casual workers to convert to permanent employment if they choose. What will these changes mean for HR?
- Featured, Legal, Section
Even if you don’t verbalise a termination to an employee, your actions can still land you in hot water.
- Diversity and Inclusion, Featured, Legal, Section
This landmark age discrimination case could set an important precedent for Australian employees.
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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?