Employers are now playing an increasingly active role in bargaining, with lawyers suggesting many are "getting ahead" of the multi-employer arrangements starting in June.
An employer has defended rejecting an employee's request to work from home one day a week, arguing it was "not sustainable" for colleagues to take on his duties when he wasn't there.
An employee who believed he could determine his own safe and appropriate way to work, regardless of his employer's policies or directives, has lost his adverse action claim.
The Labor Government has introduced its second tranche of promised workplace relations reforms, aiming to close the "loopholes that some businesses use to undercut workers' pay, security and flexibility".
One of Australia's top-ranked employers has launched a market-leading program that encourages employees to proactively look after their health before issues arise.
It was "highly inappropriate" for an employee to secretly record a meeting about remarks he had made threatening his employer's reputation, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A significant divide between employees' and CEOs' perceptions of workplace mental health support suggests employers must do more to communicate their benefits, a global people leader says.
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