A manager who claimed his employer could have prevented his redundancy by running its business more efficiently has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he was effectively dismissed. » more »
More employers are now recognising the cost and branding benefits of using redeployment programs, instead of exiting talent from redundant roles, a transitions advisor says. » more »
A Federal Court judge has called for employees to be better educated about their rights upon termination, in rejecting a dismissal claim wrongly pursued under general protections laws by a "confused" employee. » more »
"Significant fluctuations" in an employee's enthusiasm for redeployment were more problematic than minor flaws in his employer's processes, the Fair Work Commission has found, accepting his redundancy was genuine. » more »
The Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to pay redundancy entitlements to an employee who successfully argued a redeployment offer would have an "unreasonable impact" on her daily commute. » more »
Salary projections for top HR managers are as much as $50k higher than a year ago, according to Robert Half's 2019 guide. Also in this article, the FWC has rejected that a casual employee's dismissal was a genuine redundancy; and more. » more »
The Fair Work Commission has rejected an employee's claim that an HR manager adopted a "tick and flick" approach to her redundancy because of a heavy workload. » more »
An employer's bid to reduce an employee's redundancy entitlements has failed, after the Fair Work Commission found its "numerous" discussions about alternative employment never crystallised into a formal offer. » more »
An employer should have managed its chief financial officer's poor performance before making his role redundant, a tribunal has ruled in awarding him compensation for a panic disorder. » more »
In a case that illustrates the importance of giving employees timely, accurate information in writing about major workplace changes, a redundancy that occurred for legitimate reasons has been deemed an unfair dismissal. » more »
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