Employers are now playing an increasingly active role in bargaining, with lawyers suggesting many are "getting ahead" of the multi-employer arrangements starting in June.
An employer has defended rejecting an employee's request to work from home one day a week, arguing it was "not sustainable" for colleagues to take on his duties when he wasn't there.
An employee who believed he could determine his own safe and appropriate way to work, regardless of his employer's policies or directives, has lost his adverse action claim.
One of Australia's top-ranked employers has launched a market-leading program that encourages employees to proactively look after their health before issues arise.
It was "highly inappropriate" for an employee to secretly record a meeting about remarks he had made threatening his employer's reputation, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A significant divide between employees' and CEOs' perceptions of workplace mental health support suggests employers must do more to communicate their benefits, a global people leader says.
An employee has failed to prove a colleague concocted a "malicious lie" about a single workplace incident so she could have his job, with the Fair Work Commission finding his serious misconduct dismissal was fair.
Employees can face a myriad of stressors daily, but incorporating "micro recoveries" into their work practices helps to boost their ability to respond, according to a performance consultant.
Assessing the potential risks that whistleblowers face in their organisation requires HR leaders to take a "really broad" view, a workplace lawyer stresses.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
