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The fact that an employee's resignation coincided with another company's job offer undermined the "multiplicity of reasons" he gave to support his constructive dismissal claim, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Many employers jumping on the four-day week "bandwagon" are ignoring what made initial trials successful: an individual approach to flexibility, an expert says.

An employer's failure to investigate alleged misconduct at a client site "heavily contributed" to an employee's unfair dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.

A tech employer has joined an elite group of companies recognised for their gender diversity, after doubling down on supporting women over the past three years.

An employee's defamation claim against two former managers, who allegedly gave bad references to her prospective employer, has been struck out because of "incurable deficiencies" in her allegations.

The NSW Supreme Court has sentenced Lauren Cranston to eight years in prison for her role in the Plutus Payroll tax scandal, finding she showed no contrition for her actions.

The Fair Work Commission has chastised an employer for treating a long-serving manager "with disdain", but has stopped short of finding its conduct was aimed at ending his employment.

Mergers and acquisitions present an opportunity for employers to clarify and preserve the aspects of culture that drive their success, and ditch those that don't, but the people side of deals is too often overlooked, an advisor says.

Even though a team leader's second job wasn't with a competitor, as her first employer claimed, it was nonetheless "detrimental" to her duties and justified her dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.

Culturally diverse employees are bearing too much of the "load" in improving workplace inclusion, to an extent that mirrors "victim blaming", a DEI leader says.