HR leaders who practise being "everyday bold" will be better prepared to tackle the dual challenges of building employee trust and encouraging innovation, a conference heard this week.
An employer failed to learn from its mistakes and unfairly sacked a long-serving worker for returning a positive D&A test, the Fair Work Commission has found in ordering reinstatement.
Job stability concerns are making HR professionals reluctant to change jobs, which in turn is contributing to ongoing skills shortages, new research shows.
As awareness of psychosocial risks continues to grow, more employers are considering how they can better support the subjects of workplace investigations and performance management, a conflict specialist says.
It was reasonable to summarily dismiss an employee for biting, physical fighting and buttock slapping, with the Fair Work Commission finding his behaviour wasn't "horseplay or friendly banter".
An employee who held a "fundamentally different view" of his performance to that of his employer has lost his unfair dismissal claim, with the Fair Work Commission finding he was given "multiple opportunities" to improve.
To prevent the corrosive effects of employee change fatigue, employers must ensure two key components of psychological safety are embedded in the workplace culture, an expert says.
An HR manager and other superiors caused an employee's psychological injury when they either ignored or failed to properly investigate her bullying and harassment complaints, a commission has ruled.
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