The fact employees must be "better off overall" under enterprise agreements doesn't preclude employers from negotiating "hugely beneficial" arrangements, according to a workplace law specialist.
An employer that faced nearly 200 discrimination and bullying complaints in a year found just 10 per cent were substantiated, according to its sustainability report. Meanwhile, the ABS has found nearly one in three employees regularly work from home; "worrying" productivity trends have prompted a national campaign; and more.
An employer breached its duty of care by allowing a manager to work excessive hours, while largely disregarding his health complaints, a court has ruled.
Any outsourcing or offshoring decision should trigger employers to consult with their workforce, regardless of whether redundancies will occur, according to a lawyer.
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Employees need greater understanding of what bullying is not, and new language for conflict, so not all interpersonal issues are managed through workplace bullying processes, a mediation specialist says.
An HR manager's response to an employee's complaints contributed to his psychological injury but constituted reasonable management action, a commission has ruled.
An employer has failed to prove that documents from a s-xual harassment investigation were primarily created to obtain legal advice and shouldn't be made available to a dismissed employee.
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