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Employers' obligations regarding flexible work, unpaid parental leave and enterprise bargaining change today, while more industrial relations reforms are coming into effect soon.

Improving the availability of flexible work options for employees with care responsibilities should be a key part of the national strategy to achieve gender equality, Diversity Council Australia says.

More than one-third of Australian workers have taken leave for more than four consecutive weeks for reasons other than a holiday, and for many the return is far from smooth, highlighting how important it is for organisations to offer proactive support.

• Hybrid work improving mental health, productivity
  
• Parental leave equality requires "real" cultural shift
  
• Disability "ignorance" driving down productivity

The Labor Government has introduced its second tranche of promised workplace relations reforms, aiming to close the "loopholes that some businesses use to undercut workers' pay, security and flexibility".

• "Flexible" parental leave bill coming this week
  
• FWC seeking feedback on s-xual harassment dispute proposals
  
• Senate passes gender pay gap bill

• Ban on non-compete clauses under consideration
  
• New harassment laws now in effect
  
• Paid parental leave legislation passes
  
• Tougher penalties for negligent employers

An HR manager on probation has failed to prove she was constructively dismissed after her employer rejected her request for leave to give birth and deal with the "substantial challenges" that would follow.

The Federal Government is being urged to increase its proposed paid parental leave entitlements much more substantially, building to 52 weeks by 2030.

Here you'll find links to all resources relevant to HR Daily's 'HR hot spots 2023' webinar, presented on 2 February by King & Wood Mallesons senior consultant Brett Feltham.