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Faced with a questionable medical certificate, employers are within their rights to seek confirmation of authenticity – with or without an employee's consent, a lawyer says.

Thanks to hybrid and remote working environments, leaders are struggling more than ever to hold teams and employees accountable, an organisational behaviour specialist says.

It is not enough for organisations to passively reject racism; instead they need to become actively anti-racism, a new report says.

A Fair Work Commission full bench has affirmed the principles of what constitutes work-related conduct out-of-hours, in upholding an employer's appeal against a reinstatement order.

A new retention program where "nothing is off the table" to retain high-performing employees is uncovering "exciting" drivers beyond remuneration to leverage.

It was unfair to dismiss an employee for engaging in a consensual "interaction" on a work retreat, the Fair Work Commission has found in ordering his reinstatement and six months' backpay.

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has announced its 2022 list of Australia's employers of choice for gender equality.

In the rush to land candidates, some "elementary" hiring errors are having significant consequences for employers, a lawyer says.

New Microsoft research has identified key challenges to hybrid work success, with the organisation setting "etiquette" guidelines for its virtual meetings to address some of them.

Spreading "fear mongering rubbish" on social media and attending a large protest during COVID lockdowns last year made an employee's dismissal valid, but her "dire" financial circumstances at the time rendered it harsh.