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An employer has been slammed for its unreasonable, aggressive and "potentially unlawful" conduct towards a manager who had resigned, with the Fair Work Commission finding it sacked her when it "waived" her notice period.

A lack of accountability in organisations is a major contributing factor to underperformance, however the approach many use to 'hold people to account' doesn't inspire them to perform at their best.

Employers' obligations to ensure psychosocial safety at work can present a "significant challenge", the Fair Work Commission has observed in finding a stressed and frustrated employee was unfairly dismissed for misconduct.

An employee seeking to move her Saturday volunteering work to weekdays has been cleared to proceed with a dispute over the refusal of her flexible work request.

New data reveals an ongoing decline in employee engagement and suggests employees don't feel motivated by their leaders, a psychologist says.

An employee who possessed "a fervent sense of justification" for harassing a manager and denigrating her employer on social media has lost her bid for reinstatement.

Employees' enthusiasm to get on board with automation and AI-based changes at work hinges on transparent communication by HR about the integration, says a workplace advisory expert.

It wasn't reasonable to transfer an employee accused of s-xual harassment and ban him from speaking to female staff alone, a commission has found in a psychological injury appeal.

Since realising its job ads weren't appealing to female applicants, ANZ's technology division developed a workforce re-entry program that's attracting them in droves.

A worker's belief that managers and HR officers had bullied him was "largely based on speculation and suspicion", not evidence, although some of their actions were "not ideal", the Fair Work Commission has found.