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The Federal Court has clarified a grey area of the Fair Work Act, ruling on the rate at which employees should be paid out their annual leave entitlements upon termination.

The Fair Work Act has had an "onerous" impact on the jobs of most HR practitioners, according to new research.

Dangers abound for employers that "rigidly" follow their workplace policies when determining which adjustments are reasonable to help employees return to work, says a lawyer.

An employer's restrained approach to disciplining a worker was "commendable", the Fair Work Commission has ruled, while noting courts are more often "critical and sometimes scathing" of HR practices.

Leaders who aren't committed to inclusion pose the biggest obstacle to workplace diversity, and HR professionals must address it, says HR leader Rhonda Brighton-Hall, on the launch of resources to prevent discrimination at work.

Employers that wait for "perfect conditions" before introducing workplace changes will never get started, says Telstra's head of inclusion Troy Roderick.

A recent Fair Work Commission decision has further clarified when out-of-hours social media activity can constitute workplace bullying.

A company that funded an employee's work trip was entitled to dismiss him over misbehaviour that occurred while he was away, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Three recent decisions from the Fair Work Commission clarify some limits of its jurisdiction to issue stop-bullying orders.

An employee who under-performed for several years and was "apathetic" about his job has been awarded compensation, after his dismissal was found to be warranted, but poorly handled.