The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee's fourth consecutive fixed-term contract was excluded from the Fair Work Act's limitations, finding he was dismissed.

An employer has failed to overturn a reinstatement order for an employee it sacked for disregarding lawful and reasonable directions.

There appears to be a low level of compliance with employers' positive duty regarding workplace s-xual harassment, with absent or poorly enacted policies common, along with deficient investigations, a lawyer says.

It was fair to sack an employee for misusing his personal leave entitlement, the Fair Work Commission has found, in giving no weight to the medical certificate he obtained through an online service.

The best-performing organisations categorise their workforce costs in three key ways, enabling them to avoid reactive cuts and continue investing where it matters most, even during leaner times, an HR strategy expert says.

Employers often don't realise that low job control poses a psychosocial risk in their workplace, unless they specifically ask employees about it, a safety and compliance specialist says.

An employer has to reinstate an employee sacked for misconduct, after the Fair Work Commission found its ultimate decision-maker effectively "rubber stamped the assessment of others".

An employee's request for more working-from-home days was inconsistent with his employer's desire for knowledge sharing and team connection, the Fair Work Commission has accepted, in arbitrating a flexible work dispute.

The words "compliance training" often elicit groans from employees, but by making learning more relevant, gamifying certain aspects, and connecting it to the organisation's values, HR can make it engaging, effective, and even "exciting", a specialist says.

It was unreasonable to keep an employee "in the dark" after concluding serious misconduct allegations weren't substantiated, a tribunal has found in psychological injury proceedings.