When an employee nearing the end of her parental leave was removed from her employer's systems and told current staffing levels were "sufficient", she was effectively dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.
In calling out an employer for failing to consult an employee about her redundancy, the Fair Work Commission has stressed the importance of having "some form of 'keeping in touch' system" during parental leave.
Rejecting an employee's flexible work request based on a perception that he would be distracted by his child and not responsive enough to customers was not reasonable, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer has to pay $90k in damages, and it has six months to produce a policy on expressing milk at work, after a tribunal found it discriminated against a breastfeeding mother.
Employers are being urged to review their PPL policies, in the wake of a finding that an employee was entitled to take paid leave as a primary caregiver, months after he had accessed paid leave as the baby's "non-primary" carer.
After closing its gender pay gap and boosting the proportion of women in industrial and tech-related roles, Blackmores Group is keen to move the dial further on "belonging", its CPO says.
An employer discriminated against a pregnant employee when it failed to extend her temporary fixed-term contract, after planning future work for her to do, a commission has ruled.
An employer's decision not to offer an employee a new fixed-term contract after she disclosed she was pregnant did not amount to discrimination, a tribunal has found.
Despite most employers now offering greater flexibility than before the pandemic, working parents are struggling more than ever to juggle their work and home life, according to new research.
