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The Fair Work Commission has lambasted an employer for its "unconscionable and unscrupulous" attempt to deny a sacked employee any remedy for unfair dismissal.

The fundamental skills required for effective leadership haven't changed in the past 20 years, but some are now critical, according to an academic who urges leaders and employers to prioritise four "Cs".

"Clear shortfalls" in an employer's available staffing levels, which were "well in excess of typical absences", provided a reasonable business ground to refuse an employee's flexible work request, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

"Phenomenal" growth in on-demand interviewing suggests a major shift in the way talent wants to engage with employers during the hiring process; meanwhile it's time for automation to shed its "cold" image, leaders in the recruitment tech space say.

An employee didn't "engage in a frolic of her own" when she and two colleagues got into a spa bath while "significantly" intoxicated at a work Christmas party, a tribunal has ruled in awarding her compensation for an injury.

Without a community stewardship program, employees who might happily volunteer for charities can get stuck on the problem of figuring out which ones and how, an HR leader says.

Criticisms about a director on her employer's Facebook page had no "rational connection" to work and in any case didn't amount to bullying, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

ANZ has made its employee experience data available to all its workers, in a shift towards greater accountability and transparency.

When a large employer launched a new complaints process for its workforce it worried about "opening floodgates", but instead it has facilitated better dialogue with employees and clients, its people leader says.

A job applicant was not discriminated against when he unsuccessfully applied for a role, a tribunal has found, but he did suffer gender-based discrimination during the subsequent grievance process.