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A job applicant has failed to convince a tribunal that he wasn't hired because the women who interviewed him didn't "like men", while seeking a primary-school-style punishment for their alleged discrimination.

An employee's successful discrimination claim is likely the start of a new body of case law that will consider how unconscious bias affects workplace decision-making, a lawyer warns.

The Federal Court has increased an employee's damages for age discrimination from $20k to $90k, and added an order for economic loss, after finding he had suffered "considerable loss of amenity of life".

An employee's defamation claim against two former managers, who allegedly gave bad references to her prospective employer, has been struck out because of "incurable deficiencies" in her allegations.

Recent changes to the Fair Work Act are set to create new adverse action risks for employers, a lawyer warns.

An HR director's decision to sack an employee, who had taken more than 2.5 years' leave in a six-year period, was likely a breach of anti-discrimination laws, a tribunal has ruled.

The Federal Government is seeking feedback on a number of proposed Fair Work reforms, including strengthening anti-discrimination and adverse action protections, classifying casuals, and criminalising wage theft.

A job applicant's numerous disabilities would not have reduced her ability to perform the inherent requirements of a role, a tribunal has found in upholding her unlawful discrimination claim.

Automated decision-making systems carry a risk of algorithmic bias and inadvertent discrimination, but according to new research, switched-on employers can use those same systems to "strongly complement neurodiversity initiatives".

An employer must again defend dismissing a worker who said she would "take down" the company, after she won an appeal but then lost a dispute over what form the rehearing should take.