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Culture leadership is lacking even in many organisations taking big steps to improve their culture, says an expert.

Extending JobKeeper and reducing payments has failed to address the original hurdles some employers have had to face in being forced to treat groups of employees differently, an employment lawyer says.

Employees' expectations around flexible work have now changed forever, and employers will need to step up or risk losing out on the best talent. This webcast outlines the current state of play; the business case for encouraging flexibility; how COVID has changed flexible work; benefits, lessons and finding the balance; "blended working" as a new concept; and issues to watch out for with WFH employees.

The Government will extend JobKeeper support until March next year, though payments will be reduced and split into two tiers.

An academic is calling for a clearer definition of 'reasonableness' ahead of the Federal Government's JobKeeper review, so employers and workers don't continue to "fumble through" the new laws.

Encouraging employees to take a break before September is vital to maintaining employee performance through the remainder of 2020 and reducing the PTSD-like impact of the pandemic, an advisor says.

The Fair Work Ombudsman will now approach compliance and enforcement with greater flexibility as a result of "dramatically changed economic conditions" caused by the coronavirus.