Category: Legal
- Bullying, Employment law, Featured, Legal, Section
A record amount in damages was awarded to an employee who claimed he was bullied by senior executives. Here’s what you need to know.
- COVID-19, Featured, How to's, Legal, Redundancies, remuneration, Section
The government is trying to keep unemployment low with a proposed $130 billion stimulus package aimed at keeping workers with their current employers.
- COVID-19, Employment law, Featured, Legal, Section
Legal experts offer a quick guide to standing down employees due to COVID-19.
- Employment law, Featured, Legal, Section, Unfair dismissal
It’s a simple distinction, but the language around “probation” still creates confusion for non-experts.
- Bullying, Featured, Harassment, Legal, Section
FWC says words could have been chosen more carefully but comment doesn’t amount to bullying or sexual discrimination.
- Featured, Legal, Section, Unfair dismissal
An employee who was let go after being put on three different performance improvement plans gets his job back.
- Employment law, Featured, Legal, Section, Sexual harassment, Workplace Health and Safety
Most sexual harassment cases in the workplace involve the offensive behaviour of a colleague. But this one pits an employee against a problematic poster.
- Featured, Legal, Section, Unfair dismissal
You’ve asked your employee to attend a disciplinary meeting, and they show up with a union official. What should you do next?
- Featured, Legal, Section
An argument of how the word ‘day’ should be interpreted means organisations across Australia have to rethink entitlements.
- Featured, Legal, Section, Technology
Employee gives his employer the finger, but not in the way they wanted him to. This FWC decision could change the way employers approach biometric data collection.
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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?