Out-of-hours criminal conduct didn't breach employer's code
The Fair Work Commission has ordered the reinstatement of an employee who was sacked for breaching his employer's code of conduct after being convicted of drink driving. » more »
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Candidate loses "pointless and avoidable" job offer dispute
A candidate who failed to meet the conditions of her employment offer and never started the job has claimed her prospective employer engaged in unlawful adverse action. » more »
Reasonable adjustments impossible in "pretty rigid" workplace: FWC
An employer's "rigid" workplace made it impossible to accommodate an injured employee's return to work following a lengthy absence, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in upholding his dismissal. » more »
Executive talent management gets more 'future-focused'
Employers are now taking more time to consider who is best suited to lead them beyond the "here and now", while senior leaders are much more thoroughly interrogating the organisations that want to hire them, specialists say. » more »
Webcast brief: Managing sick leave, illness and absence
Read the full webcast description here and watch the presentation with premium membership. » more »
"Pet names" and workplace touching warranted disciplinary action
An employee has unsuccessfully argued he was denied a chance to "be more vigilant" about his workplace behaviour because his colleagues didn't expressly say he made them feel uncomfortable. » more »
Skip email hacks, target the "biggest polluters of inboxes"
Many employees are turning to "productivity hacks" to better manage their workload and particularly emails, but these have minimal impact if the root causes of time-wasting are ignored, a productivity specialist says. » more »
Crown Resorts celebrates 1,000 Indigenous program employees
Crown Resorts has now hired 1,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees since launching a targeted diversity program, making many tweaks along the way, its GM says. » more »
Webcast brief: Managing social media misconduct
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COVID concerns and lozenges no excuse for alcohol policy breach
An employee has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission that he didn't take a breathalyser test before starting work due to COVID concerns, then didn't pass it because he'd consumed throat lozenges. » more »
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