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Decisions handed down in disputes about flexible work requests highlight the Fair Work Commission's "wide scope" to make orders when parties can't come to an agreement, and the key role that flexible work trials can play, a lawyer says.

The Commission hasn't made many orders since the regime commenced, King & Wood Mallesons' senior consultant Brett Feltham says in a new HR Daily Premium Q&A.

But those coming through demonstrate that it's prepared to make detailed orders to resolve a dispute, and "to do so in a way that takes into account the practical realities of the particular relationship and the particular history", he says...