In the first decision dealing with its time-based power to dismiss s-xual harassment disputes, the Fair Work Commission has ruled only some parts of an employee's application can proceed.
Employees with caring responsibilities face higher risks of emotional exhaustion when working from home, but having more control over their own schedules helps to alleviate it, new research suggests.
It wasn't unreasonable for an "insulted and incensed" colleague to refuse to speak to an employee, a commission has found in stop-bullying proceedings.
The prevalence of financial stress and its capacity to heighten various workplace psychosocial risks warrants a more proactive approach from employers, an educator says.
Dismissal wasn't a disproportionate response to an employee's use of work emails, given she'd received numerous warnings about her inappropriate messages, a commission has found.
An employer had reasonable business grounds for refusing an employee's flexible working request, but the Fair Work Commission has nonetheless ordered it to allow her to work from home for one day per week, on a six-month trial basis.
Employees respond in various ways to the "mountain" of emails they face after a break from work, but the problem requires more than an individual approach, according to a productivity expert.
An investigation's failure to consider eyewitness evidence of a workplace altercation denied an employee procedural fairness, a Fair Work Commission full bench has affirmed, dismissing the employer's appeal against his reinstatement.
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