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Complaints against company heads put HR professionals in the tricky position of investigating the person they usually receive instructions from, so "you need to be a bit careful about how you play it", warns a specialist lawyer.

Partners of women who give birth via caesarean sections do not automatically become "primary carers" for their new babies, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in a dispute about paid parental leave.

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A large employer that failed to fully engage its HR department in important investigations of safety breaches has been ordered to reinstate two employees.

An employee who was dismissed for refusing to accept a new position has failed to argue he was sacked for taking sick leave, even though his termination letter expressly referred to it.

A successful candidate who claimed his employer misrepresented the nature and likely duration of his role during the recruitment process has failed in his bid for damages.

A 65-year-old employee who forwarded an "entirely inappropriate" anti-Muslim email to multiple work colleagues has failed to obtain reinstatement due to a "real possibility" he would reoffend - and damage his employer's reputation in the process.

Leaders who reduce HR's autonomy and relegate the function to an advisory role are acting well within their rights, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in dismissing an HR manager's unfair dismissal claim.

The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched an assessment tool that distinguishes those employers just "starting out" on fostering workplace diversity from their more advanced counterparts, and offers practical guidance on how they can improve.

A supervisor found to be unfairly dismissed after sending a p-rnographic email at work has been denied reinstatement, after the Fair Work Commission ruled it was reasonable to expect higher standards from a leader than from regular employees.