What to expect among 2021's HR 'hot spots'
HR's challenges around remote and flexible working will continue to develop in 2021, while compliance is an area that "will come back with a vengeance", an employment lawyer says. » more »
Redundancy (155 items)
Manager's stand down unlawful, designed to 'force resignation'
A recruitment company used a stand-down direction to force a state manager to resign, so it could avoid paying her contractual entitlement to three months' notice, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. » more »
Consultation steps fell short of "meaningful": FWC
An employer has failed to argue it "broadly complied" with redundancy consultation obligations, with the Fair Work Commission saying the steps it took could "never constitute meaningful consultation". » more »
Distant redeployment 'reasonable'; Dismissals wrap; New compliance developments
A redeployment offer that added nearly two hours to an employee's daily commute was reasonable, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in reducing his redundancy pay. Also in this article: a roundup of recent dismissal cases; and other compliance developments. » more »
Transparent, sensitive redundancies mitigate 'survivor syndrome'
The way employers handle redundancies and restructures now will have a lasting impact on whether their "survivors" continue to be engaged and productive, a specialist says. » more »
Redundancy consultation must be more than "perfunctory"
The Fair Work Commission has, in finding an employee was unfairly dismissed, reminded employers that redundancy consultation should be "substantive" and "not merely perfunctory". » more »
Delaying redundancy until after parental leave 'unrealistic'; Dismissal case roundup
An employee had an 'unrealistic' expectation that her employer should have delayed making her role redundant until after her parental leave, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. » more »
Union "inexplicably" ignored redundancy obligations
A union ignored its redundancy obligations to an employee to such an extent its approach was "akin to a summary dismissal". » more »
Hours reduction contravened Fair Work Act
An employer that stood down an employee in light of reduced demand for her work did so in contravention of the Fair Work Act, and has been ordered to reinstate her previous hours. » more »
FWC couldn't cut award-covered employee's redundancy pay
A union has successfully appealed against a ruling that reduced an unrepresented employee's redundancy entitlement to nil. » more »
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