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An employer's delay in refusing an employee's annual leave request, and its subsequent decision to dismiss her, amounted to "serious mismanagement", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employer that's currently retaining all its top 100 employees says the key to its revamped retention strategy was simply more effectively leveraging what it already had in place.

Automation is only likely to take over the routine parts of work, leaving employees with more time to perform tasks that involve intuition, influencing and context, according to a futurist.

An award-winning employer has generated "enormous" autonomy and engagement by setting a clear expectation that every employee at every level is a leader, according to its head of HR.

Failing to offer an employee a support person for a disciplinary meeting contributed to his "heat of the moment" resignation and ultimately made the termination of his employment unfair, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

An employer has reduced its gender pay gap from more than 20 per cent five years ago to close to zero, using initiatives that weren't gender-specific.

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An employer was wrong to treat an injured employee seeking reinstatement like a job applicant applying "off the street", a commission has found.

An employer that sacked a worker for not being a "good fit" for her role has been ordered to compensate her for unfair dismissal, after the Fair Work Commission found its process was procedurally unfair.