The countdown to the introduction of new national anti-bullying measures is on.
With only six weeks to go before amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) come into force on 1 January 2014, employers and HR professionals are now under the pump to understand how these changes will inevitably affect their workplace.
The HR Investigator has done the hard yards for you, unpacking the new workplace bullying amendments to assist employers in understanding the impact these laws will undoubtedly have.
An employee accused of ‘blatant and deliberate’ disregard of a cardinal safety rule has been reinstated to his original position by the Fair Work Commission.
Numerous mitigating factors and reasons from the ensuing HR investigation meant that this employee’s sacking was unfair.
To the employer’s downfall, many of these factors were avoidable.
Read on to ensure your next workplace investigation avoids the disastrous consequences of this one…