The Fair Work Commission's landmark casual conversion ruling has implications for all organisations that engage casual labour, and its circumstances would likely have "tripped up" many employers, according to a lawyer.

It was reasonable for an employer to be concerned about an employee's criminal charges and their potential implications for its female workers' safety, but it wasn't fair to dismiss him over them, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

A manager held concerns about an employee's performance "well before" he complained about micromanagement, the Federal Circuit Court has accepted, in dismissing an adverse action claim.

An employer has to convert a casual employee to permanent part-time employment, after a landmark ruling on the Federal Government's new 'employee choice' provisions.

Employees aren't just at risk of burnout due to current rates of workplace change; they're also suffering from mental exhaustion, and this makes it impossible to raise performance and productivity, according to an organisational psychologist.

The "shaming and belittling language" an employee used at work was unjustified, regardless of his beliefs about appropriate attire and conduct, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

The Fair Work Commission has made its first Minimum Standards Order, covering 'employee-like workers'.

Workforce costs are becoming a major risk to employers' return on their AI investment, and many organisations are yet to consider the full range of potential impacts, an HR advisor says.

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An employer was wrong to consider its longstanding mobile phone policy wasn't a "working arrangement" that could be the subject of a flexible work request, the Fair Work Commission has found.