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With the number of Australians working second jobs increasing, there is much more obligation on employers to monitor their workers more closely, an employment lawyer says.

The Fair Work Commission has found it was harsh to sack an employee who claimed work incidents caused him to fail a random blood-alcohol test. Meanwhile, an employer criticised for massive procedural fairness failings is appealing an unfair dismissal ruling; a third state is introducing labour hire licensing; and more.

All modern awards are now set to contain a "casual conversion" clause but, in a decision welcomed by employers, the Fair Work Commission has rejected that conversion to permanent employment should be automatic after 12 months.

The period immediately after a workplace misconduct investigation tends to be a missed opportunity to improve organisational and team culture, investigation specialists say. Meanwhile, HR professionals are optimistic about hiring in Q3, employers and managers have been fined for sham contracting breaches, and more.

An employer has won a court order for a contractor to return its confidential information, some three years after they parted ways on unfriendly terms.

Short-term hires can inject new life into an organisation, but also new chaos, according to a recruitment expert who says their briefs must be "extremely" clear.

Large employers will be the hardest hit by the Federal Government's decision to introduce a levy for employing foreign workers, a specialist warns, while in other news, working parents feel overlooked for promotion; labour hire licensing gains momentum; new cancer resources are available for HR; and more.