After making workplace adjustments to accommodate an employee's disability, an employer had reasonable business grounds to refuse his request to work fully remotely, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

What defines a contingent worker remains "as clear as mud", according to a lawyer, who says employers must nonetheless step up their compliance efforts in line with increasing regulator activity.

Alleged bullying by two managers while an employee was on leave didn't occur while he was "at work", but in any case the conduct wasn't unreasonable or repeated, the Fair Work Commission has found, in refusing to make a stop-bullying order.

Confusion about who should own AI adoption in organisations has the potential to impact HR's perceived ability to drive productivity improvements, a new report suggests.

Employers should expect to face much closer scrutiny of how they use AI tools in hiring and other employment decisions, in light of a class action against a recruitment software provider.

An employer has won a vexatious proceedings order against a former employee, after the Federal Court accepted he posed a substantial risk of ongoing litigation if left "unchecked".

A people and culture team "singularly failed" to meet with an employee in a timely manner to discuss his redeployment opportunities, meaning his redundancy wasn't genuine, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Attempts to share positive workplace news in the media can go awry if HR practitioners enter the process with preconceived notions about journalism, an experienced editor warns.

A general protections claimant can't proceed with her action against an employer she hadn't begun working for, after the Fair Work Commission found the parties had entered a binding contract, but there wasn't yet an employment relationship capable of being terminated.

A first-of-its-kind guide on capturing and reporting on workforce neurodiversity data aims to equip employers to identify and act on their neuroinclusion 'pain points'.