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Academic sacked for spending grants on massages could receive compensation payout
Academic sacked for spending grants on massages could receive compensation payout A university professor who used research grants to pay for reflexology treatment, massages, wine, cosmetics, tourist attraction tickets and…
Training inadequate as “reasonable steps” defence
A leading IT company found its “reasonable steps” defence to be sorely lacking when a court found the internal training it provided to be woefully inadequate. At the Victorian Supreme…
Frivolous or ignorant? Bogus bullying claims on the rise
Yesterday, the Age reported a rise in workplace bullying claims putting small businesses under pressure and leading to time and money wasted investigating frivolous claims. Whilst raising awareness of bullying…
Tough boss or big bully? Part 3
In this final part in our series on real-life bullying experiences, we share another story from a reader who experienced bullying – with an unfortunate outcome. (All these stories have…
Flexibility, but for whom? Federal Government pushes envelope on employee flexibility but what about employers?
Flexibility, but for whom; Federal Government pushes envelope on employee flexibility but what about employers? Workplace flexibility is a concept that most agree with but one must first ask “for…
Far, far away… are remote workers more engaged and productive?
For some, managing workers remotely is problematic, especially in terms of management and supervision and ability to promote a common workplace culture. For tele-workers working from home, managing occupational health…
Tough boss or big bully? Part 2
What does it feel like to be bullied at work? In part two of our series on real-life bullying experiences, we share another story from a reader. (All these stories…
“Not in my Job Description” – Not any more… 6 tips for successful position descriptions
Position descriptions might seem like an optional extra – but in many ways they’re an essential people management tool. The good news is they’re not hard to prepare and they’ll…
Million dollar smile – smirk leads to firing, followed by unfair dismissal claim
A Melbourne concreter won an unfair dismissal claim last month against a firm that summarily dismissed him. The dismissal came in April after he either smiled or smirked during a meeting…
