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Failing to disclose use of medicinal marijuana clearly breached an employer's policy, but the employee didn't act with "malevolence", the Fair Work Commission has ruled in ordering his reinstatement.

In light of pockets of "pushback" against workplace diversity and inclusion, it's never been more important for employers to get their messaging right, a D&I leader says.

The FWC has no jurisdiction to deal with a casual conversion dispute lodged by an employee whose role was made redundant shortly after she sought to become permanent.

Not all quiet quitters are "lazy", and when managed well, these employees can be valuable members of organisations and teams, a researcher says.

An email that an employee characterised as "menacing" was in fact "reasonable and appropriate", and every matter that managers raised with him "ought to have been raised", the FWC has found in rejecting his stop-bullying application.

Employers often seek to reduce burnout risks by offering new wellness perks, but if employees already have too much on their plates, HR should think twice before adding more, a thought leader says.

An employer's failure to include a critical safety rule in its 'consolidated' D&A manual has undermined its objection to reinstating a worker sacked for breaching its policy.

Employees' right to disconnect doesn't extend to Fair Work Commission proceedings, a Deputy President has stated in rejecting an employer's request for more time to prepare its defence to an unfair dismissal claim.

An employee's bullying allegations were reasonable management actions, the Fair Work Commission has accepted, but it has nonetheless urged an employer to improve its complaints handling process.

A Commissioner failed to properly consider whether an employee had breached a code of conduct when he found she had been unfairly dismissed, a full bench of the Fair Work Commission has ruled in an appeal against her reinstatement.