Key amendments to the Fair Work Act start on Monday 26 August. This page contains everything you need to know about the changes to casual employment and contracting arrangements.
Performance management is set to become less HR-centric, more continuous, and more cross-functional, according to an authority on KPIs who foresees employers using unprecedented amounts of data to make people decisions.
After proposing to make a pregnant employee's role redundant, an employer dismissed her by suggesting that she quit, asking her to leave the workplace and then confirming her alleged resignation in writing, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Australian employers aren't contemplating class as an issue they should address, partly because they continue to think Australia doesn't have a class issue, a DEI expert says. Meanwhile, new research highlights the importance of flexible work for neurodivergent employees.
Leaders can ask themselves five questions at the start of the day to "prime" their brains for maximum productivity, according to a business psychologist.
It was fair to sack a worker who created a psychosocial safety risk by sending threatening and belittling texts after hours to his manager, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
It's vital for employers to undertake a "holistic and careful assessment" of their independent contractors' arrangements, ahead of the imminent changes to sham contracting claims, a lawyer says.
Summarily dismissing a worker for evading a drug test was warranted, despite his claims he had "defecated in his pants" and needed to rush home, according to the Fair Work Commission.
An employee was understandably concerned about his relationship with a supervisor, who labelled him a poor performer and suggested he attended work "to bludge", a commission has found in psychological injury proceedings.
Some employers are warning against "heavy-handed" efforts to regulate the use of non-compete clauses, while other parties say a ban is appropriate for employees unless they're high-income earners or holding senior roles.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
