An employer that was "acutely aware" of an employee's "mental health fragility" acted unreasonably when handling his return to full duties and his complaint about a manager, a commission has found.
Many autistic people have the education, experience, traits and interest needed to fill Australia's most in-demand roles, but the talent pool is "almost completely untapped", research suggests.
An employer has been chastised for telling part-time employees they could only bid for additional shifts by signing individual flexibility agreements that waived their right to overtime.
An employee who refused to wear a uniform that made him feel like he was "going to die" in hot weather was constructively dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Embedding a 'smart' working culture goes beyond implementing hybrid work arrangements and requires leaders to "challenge the assumptions of necessity", a flexible working expert says.
General protections claims are increasingly in the spotlight as more and more employees seek to exercise their workplace rights and challenge employers' decisions. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to understand how to navigate this area.
Technical issues that prevented an employee from working from home for a few days were "hardly of sufficient gravity" to force him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has found.
The integrity of an employer's misconduct investigation has been criticised, with the Fair Work Commission finding it substantiated allegations against an employee before he had a proper opportunity to respond.
Asking an employee to attend a disciplinary meeting and provide a medical certificate for his unauthorised absence wasn't "coercion", the Fair Work Commission has found in unfair dismissal proceedings.
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.
