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An employee who made "sarcastic" comments about a colleague after she disclosed being s-xually harassed at work has won his unfair dismissal claim, due to his employer's "significant" procedural errors.

Amendments in the Closing Loopholes No. 2 Bill will 'strangle' casual employment, business representatives say.

The Federal Government is set to legislate a new 'right to disconnect' for employees, but details of how this might be implemented are yet to be revealed.

An employee has failed to prove she was forced to resign because of her employer's lack of support following an illness, with the Fair Work Commission finding it wasn't required to offer her alternative duties.

An employer did not victimise or discriminate against a casual employee on the basis of his race when it ended his assignments, a tribunal has ruled, finding its decision was prompted by client complaints.

A workplace advisor has added to its lengthy history of "problematic" conduct before the Fair Work Commission, which has formally recommended it repay a settlement sum it received on behalf of an employee.

Employers are increasingly turning to mentoring as a development and retention tool, as technology makes it easier to administer programs and make the right matches, a specialist says.

An employer effectively dismissed a pregnant casual when it removed all of her shifts after she refused to pick up a customer order, which she believed would have exceeded her safe lifting capability, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Mandating a return to the office usually results in resistance, while motivating and enticing employees back with authentic social experiences yields better results, according to a workplace strategist.

An employer that questioned a "high-achieving" employee's commitment to his role after he worked from home on mandatory in-office days has been ordered to pay him more than $26k in compensation for unfair dismissal.