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An employee seeking to move her Saturday volunteering work to weekdays has been cleared to proceed with a dispute over the refusal of her flexible work request.

• Two months to comment on 'right to disconnect' term
  
• Union lodges first 'same job same pay' application
  
• HR reports widespread dissatisfaction with EVPs

Changes are needed to the "basic architecture" of the National Employment Standards and working time provisions in modern awards to better support working carers, a literature review has found.

An employer has failed to overturn a decision that found it took a "blanket approach" to considering a manager's request to work entirely from home, with a court concluding it had breached its own flexible work policy.

New laws will obligate employers to allow employees to switch off from work, but what's really required is a genuine and strategic move to rebuild trust, a wellbeing specialist says.

As the employment law landscape continues to shift, HR faces a raft of new compliance issues. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to prepare yourself for the year ahead.

• Pay gap communication will matter almost as much as the data
  
• Flexible work arrangements the most valued workplace benefit
  
• Employees want their financial wellbeing to be a top priority

Giving employees more freedom, but within a framework, helps to tackle the challenge of "bare minimum Mondays", a people and culture leader says.

Employers can expect the Closing Loopholes legislation to have some "profound" impacts on their workplace practices, a lawyer says.

As an increasing number of organisations trial and adopt four-day working weeks, there are clear signs employers should take a staged approach, and that failing to tailor their offering is "a pathway to disaster".