Employees have increasingly optimistic expectations for remote and flexible work, so it's critical to understand what makes – and breaks – hybrid work success, a lawyer stresses.
Despite affecting "a hell of a lot" of the workplace climate for their people, many leaders don't give enough thought to adapting their style to the moment, a coach and advisor says.
The difficulty of managing underperformance with remote or hybrid workers is exacerbated by the fact there are no "hard and fast rules" about what a performance improvement plan should contain, an employment lawyer says.
There is now a much greater onus on employers to take a trauma-informed approach to workplace investigations involving sensitive matters, an employment lawyer says.
Among key lessons from recent adverse action cases, an employment lawyer says it is critical for HR to document any decision-making process and be conscious of the timing around those decisions.
Some of the certainty employers welcomed around casual employment is now in doubt given the new Federal Government's 'job security' platform, an employment lawyer says.
Written agreements between employers and workers might now be considered "king", but they won't always be the deciding factor in employee/contractor disputes, a lawyer says.
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