Employees are becoming more "energised" to advocate for their workplace rights and the Fair Work Commission's first equal pay ruling has important lessons on preventing and defending these types of claims, a lawyer says.
A worker has failed to prove a written agreement with an employer was a "sham" designed to misrepresent their relationship, with the Fair Work Commission finding she was an independent contractor and therefore not "dismissed".
A manager who was accused of domestic violence towards a work colleague has failed to prove his "very ugly" out-of-hours texts to her didn't warrant his dismissal, despite the Fair Work Commission finding his employer's process was "defective".
Only 40% of women say their leader is inclusive "all of the time", and just 18% agree their leader matches company rhetoric on gender diversity, new research has found.
Every employee is susceptible to imposter syndrome, but it's becoming more common in workplaces that don't nurture self-actualisation, a wellbeing coach says.
An employer has been ordered to resume an employee's workers' compensation payments, after a commission found that requiring her to return to work with a bully colleague aggravated her psychological injury.
Artificial intelligence is often associated with job loss, but according to a study led by Charles Darwin University, it could also help employers to avoid it.
The Fair Work Commission has accepted a female employee was paid less than her male colleagues performing the same work, in its first ruling involving an application for equal pay under the FW Act.
It was "extremely unfair" for an employer to rely on historical – and resolved – performance issues when dismissing an employee, the Fair Work Commission has ruled in awarding him maximum compensation.
When concerned about an employee's mental health, leaders too often take responsibility for their issues, or go into "solving mode", a wellbeing specialist says.
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.
