When a manager discussed an employee's pregnancy with her colleagues without her consent she wasn't left with no choice but to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found, in dismissing her general protections claim.
It was reasonable for an employer to refuse a fully-remote flexible work request, the Fair Work Commission has found, in ordering a compromise agreement.
A major review has largely rejected arguments that the Closing Loopholes reforms have had "unintended consequences" for employers, however it recommends that clearer guidance should be developed as a priority, to reduce uncertainty and complexity.
It was reasonably foreseeable that accommodating an employee's preferred rostering arrangement would prompt similar requests from other workers, potentially causing an employer to suffer "significant" efficiency and productivity losses, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Few employers understand the extent to which "childcare disruption" drives unplanned leave in their workforce, leading to a lack of support that also undermines their gender equality efforts, according to an executive with first-hand experience of the problem.
Adjusting an employee's roster to accommodate her caring responsibilities wouldn't have imposed a significant burden on an employer, and its refusal amounted to discrimination, a tribunal has ruled.
Despite failing to help a manager deal with a "complicated" parental leave situation, an employer has proved it didn't take unlawful adverse action against an employee, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
Returning to work after a pregnancy carries retention, safety and legal risks, but many employers fail to mitigate them, and in some cases exacerbate them, an HR professional warns.
An employee had "understandable" reasons for wanting a flexible work arrangement that would allow her to move interstate, but her request wasn't causally connected to her parenting status, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The humiliation of having to express breastmilk in a storeroom was "obvious", the Federal Circuit Court has ruled, in upholding an employee's discrimination and adverse action claims.
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