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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.

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.

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.

A worker has failed to prove he was dismissed when he was "ambushed" into converting from permanent to casual employment, following concerns about his attendance and performance.

An employee who was absent for two years due to a work-related psychological injury was unreasonably sacked for not completing a performance improvement program, a commission has ruled.

An employer has a "sufficiently strong" case against a former manager who it claimed breached his employment contract by using its confidential information to solicit clients away to a competitor, the Federal Court has ruled.