Employee relations roles have become increasingly complex and challenging, but by attending to four drivers of success, practitioners can live up to the title of "trusted advisor", a lawyer says.
The Fair Work Commission has confirmed the list of issues it will consider in drafting a 'working from home' clause for modern awards, with the test case set to run well into 2025.
More than a year after the High Court ruled Qantas took unlawful adverse action against 1,700 of its former employees, the Federal Court has awarded one of them $100k in compensation for non-economic loss alone.
The more that employee relations advisors leverage "the power of enquiry" in their roles, the better placed they will be to serve their stakeholders, according to a workplace strategist.
An employer's application for approval of a new enterprise agreement has been rejected by the Fair Work Commission, which found it didn't pass the better-off-overall test and wasn't genuinely agreed to by the workforce.
The Fair Work Commission has upheld the principle of "management prerogative" in finding that it was reasonable for an employer to reject an internal applicant for a role.
There's been a dramatic increase in employees covered by an enterprise agreement over the past year, but bargaining is "not something to be afraid of", an expert advisor says.
Right-of-entry changes that began in July are one of the most important but overlooked topics stemming from the Closing Loopholes laws, according to a workplace lawyer.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
