An employee's "openly derisive" claim that her employer, in rejecting her flexible work request, confused its operational needs with its inability to manage its own workforce, was a "slap in the face", a commission has chastised.
Widespread adoption of a four-day week could drive some "perverse" wellbeing outcomes, warns a futurist who says the question is not "if" norms will change, but "when".
An employer failed to "fulsomely engage" with an employee and consider all available options when determining her flexible work request, a Fair Work Commission full bench has found in appeal proceedings.
Employers' obligations regarding flexible work, unpaid parental leave and enterprise bargaining change today, while more industrial relations reforms are coming into effect soon.
Approaching flexible work requests with a 'can do' mindset will have benefits that go far beyond helping employers comply with new legislative requirements, a workplace lawyer says.
Employers now have new obligations when receiving flexible work requests. Understand the reforms and their practical implications by watching this HR Daily Premium webcast.
A people experience team has recently achieved a 100% net promoter score, attributing this to a new EVP and its collaborative approach to solving workplace problems.
Many employers jumping on the four-day week "bandwagon" are ignoring what made initial trials successful: an individual approach to flexibility, an expert says.
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