An employee who posed for a photo while skylarking at work and then posted it on Facebook has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he was unfairly dismissed. Also in this article, flexible work and misconduct rulings; women are progressing into full-time management roles faster than men, but are still worse off financially; and more.
The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employee's attempts to portray an HR manager as a 'puppet master' who would go to any lengths to ensure his dismissal.
A tribunal has rejected an employee's claims that his former employer's HR department was sufficiently competent to run its defence in unfair dismissal proceedings, and allowed it to be legally represented.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's claim that he shouldn't have been dismissed for sending a photo of himself to a female colleague, after she specifically asked him not to.
The Fair Work Commission has awarded an employee nearly $70k in compensation after he was unfairly dismissed for calling a co-worker a "f-cking scab". Also in this article, a record number of organisations have been recognised for gender equality efforts; HR professional salaries have grown four per cent; and more.
A CEO has failed to convince a court he shouldn't be dismissed because termination would cause a "serious blow" to his reputation. Also in this article: what the new whistleblowing reforms mean for HR; challenges to the casual 'double-dipping' fix; and more.
An employer could have prevented two unfair dismissal claims by resetting its workplace culture and reinforcing the line between banter and bullying, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employee's dismissal for making a racial comment was unfair because his employer didn't properly consider the context of the remark, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
It was unfair of an employer to sack a 73-year-old employee with nearly four decades' service on the basis of one medical assessment, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employee's dismissal for misleading clients was fair despite his employer's lack of prior warnings, the Fair Work Commission has found. Also in this article: rulings on complaints management and s-xual harassment; casual conversion rights extended; the most important skill for the future of work; and more.
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