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A worker's claim that an HR advisor tried to coerce him not to challenge a workplace investigation's findings has been rejected in the Federal Court.

Too many employers end up at the wrong end of a claim because they fall for common employment law 'myths', according to workplace relations experts.

Employment contracts should include two specific clauses to help employers avoid the risks associated with managing ill and injured workers, according to an employment lawyer.

An unfair dismissal decision highlights that in some circumstances it will be fair for an employer to sack a worker for serious out-of-hours misconduct that has no connection to work, an employment lawyer says.

An employer has been ordered to reinstate a worker it sacked for poor performance three weeks before he was due to receive a $150k redundancy payout.

Discussions of a s-xual nature "have no place at work", the Fair Work Commission has ruled in finding an employee was fairly sacked for asking a colleague at work if she'd had an abortion.

Many employees willingly work long hours, but even if no one's complaining, employers should monitor extra hours to ensure they are reasonable, a lawyer warns.

An employer that moved a full-time employee to a part-time role to reduce its workers' compensation costs has been ordered to pay more than $470k in damages and fines.

An employer must pay a worker $110k in damages, after an appeal court found the terms of his contract required more than an "opinion" of wrongdoing to justify his dismissal.