A top-ranked university lecturer who was sacked for failing to achieve newly-introduced performance benchmarks has won reinstatement, with the Fair Work Commission finding more than 10 reasons her "poor performance" rating was unfair. » more »
An employer that withheld promised incentives from an employee who outperformed her sales targets has been ordered to pay her more than $370k. » more »
An employee has won reinstatement after arguing his performance improvement plans failed to consider his personal circumstances and set him up to fail. » more »
High-performance work practices have long been associated with increased competition, but new research suggests they actually prevent negative behaviours such as bullying. » more »
Casual employment issues, performance management, misconduct terminations and leadership were hot topics in HR this year, a review of HR Daily's most-read articles shows. » more »
An employee who was promoted to a role she was unable to perform, and left "out of her depth", has been denied both reinstatement and compensation despite winning an unfair dismissal action. » more »
The most resilient teams have six traits that help drive productivity and high performance, a specialist says. » more »
Managers typically fall into four types, but only one consistently achieves better results than the others and triples the likelihood of an employee becoming a high performer, according to Gartner experts. » more »
There's no one-size-fits-all approach to fostering innovation, say people leaders from Shell and Nokia, in sharing drastically different experiences. » more »
The Fair Work Commission has castigated a large employer for its "astounding" lack of HR support, in ordering a $10,000 unfair dismissal payout to a former employee sacked for poor performance. » more »
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