Case study: Letting employees "work where they win"
A major food manufacturer is taking a team-by-team approach to long-term flexible work, shifting mindsets for high performance and developing charters rather than 'rules'. » more »
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'Bullied' employee lacked personal insight, 'peddled false allegations': FWC
An employee who "unfairly characterised" nearly every interaction with superiors as bullying has lost his unfair dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission finding he was a "peddler of false allegations". » more »
"Difficult" employee narrowly wins unfair dismissal claim
An employee who was "at best" difficult and argumentative has won compensation for unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission found numerous verbal warnings didn't give him sufficient notice that termination was on the cards. » more »
HR criticised for passive role in performance dismissal
A large employer's procedural failings when sacking an underperforming employee "should not have occurred", according to the FWC, which criticised the HR manager for not playing a more active role in the process. » more »
Time to overhaul employee experience; Remote work's biggest HR challenges; and more
Employers are under pressure to rethink the employee experience in four major areas, according to a new report. Also in this article, research reveals the key challenges HR consistently faces with a remote workforce, and we recap HR Daily's top news from 2020. » more »
Remote onboarding: A 'plan B' is good but 'plan C' is even better
After onboarding more than 1,000 people remotely this year, Atlassian has finetuned its processes many times, while leaving plenty of room for contingencies. » more »
HR manager's "cowboy behaviour" nixes genuine redundancy defence
An employee has won maximum compensation for unfair dismissal after the Fair Work Commission found an HR "cowboy" failed to genuinely consult her during a redundancy process. » more »
Formal warning too harsh for second job 'deception'
An employee's failure to tell her employer about secondary work didn't justify a formal written warning, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in accepting she wasn't deliberately dishonest. » more »
Injured worker's unfair dismissal claim rejected
It was reasonable to dismiss an employee with recurring injuries who took "excessive" time off work, the Fair Work Commission has accepted. Also in this article, a roundup of recent rulings on procedural unfairness, a psych injury, and more. » more »
Text dismissal was "extraordinarily callous and unnecessarily harsh"
Sacking an employee on sick leave without warning and via text was "extraordinarily callous and unnecessarily harsh", the Fair Work Commission has found in awarding her $21k in compensation. » more »
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