06 August 2025
Requests for Flexible Work Arrangements – Higher threshold for Employees
In Paul Collins v Intersystems Australia Pty Ltd [2025] FWC 1976 FWC made it clear that employees who make requests for ...
07 May 2025
No Immunity from Redundancy During Leave or Flexible Work Arrangements
The FWC recently (Samuel Shilson-Josling v Atomic Search Pty Ltd [2024] FWC 3255 (25 October 2024) held that employees a...
20 March 2025
Older worker's flexible work request and bid to preserve mental health rejected
The FWC (Fogo v Boeing Aerostructures Australia Pty Limited [2024] FWC 3037 (8 November 2024)) has dismissed a 61-year-o...
26 February 2025
How good are your return to work (RTW) plans for Psychosocial Injuries?
Worksafe’s (Vic) annual report provided further confirmation of what a number of WHS commentators have already known – t...
13 February 2025
Employee refused flexible work request: ‘Employment relationship is a two-way street’
FWC Shane Gration v Bendigo Bank [2024] FWC 717 (15 April 2024) has rejected a high performing employee’s request to wor...
21 January 2025
Same Job Same Pay (SJSP) Orders Take Effect
Whilst the new SJSP laws actually commenced on 15 December 2023 orders made under the new laws were unable to take effec...
05 September 2024
New definition of casual employment
You would be aware of the recent changes to casual employment including the introduction of an ‘employee choice’ pathway...
19 August 2024
Is that independent contractor really an employee? More complexity requires greater scrutiny
From 26 August 2024 there will be new definitions and criteria for determining whether a worker is an employee or indepe...
13 August 2024
More clarity or confusion regarding the right to disconnect?
FWC recently provided an updated draft statement on the right to disconnect (click here). Stakeholders have until 1 Augu...
26 July 2024
Act quickly and transparently during a restructure - don’t delay consultation
FWC recently (decision click here) ordered compensation for a failure in consultation after the employer told the employ...
13 March 2024
Getting your staff back in the office - reasonably
FWC recently found (Charles Gregory Gregory v Maxxia Pty Ltd [2023] FWC 2768) an advisor with an inflammatory bowel dise...
30 November 2023
Public Holiday Compliance confirmed by High Court
Last week the High Court confirmed that employees must be given a choice as to whether they will agree or refuse to work...
20 October 2023
Work from home (WFH) cases - it is all about trust and genuine management
Two recent cases have shown a willingness for FWC to uphold an employer’s right to dismiss when an employee fails to com...
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