Requiring an employee to be in the office for 40% of his work hours was reasonable, the Fair Work Commission has found in upholding the rejection of his flexible work request.
Australian businesses are in "a really risky situation at the moment", with new research showing the leading indicators of employee experience are stagnating or declining.
Sharing offensive material with colleagues on social media was "abject stupidity", a Fair Work Commission full bench has found, but the conduct wasn't sufficiently connected to work to justify dismissal.
A workplace futurist is warning a period of "conscious" proximity bias is looming, in light of a survey that found most CEOs plan to reward workers for returning to the office.
An employer had a valid reason to dismiss an employee who failed to follow its lawful and reasonable directions to work in its office spaces, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employer had "no case to answer" regarding an employee's alleged work-from-home rights, but whether she was bullied after requesting flexibility remains to be determined, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled.
