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An employee who was banned from a site for "aggressive" behaviour after refusing to wear a mask has failed to prove he was unfairly dismissed.

No worker should be sacked for following their doctor's advice before having a COVID-19 vaccination, a Fair Work Commissioner has said in ordering an employee's reinstatement.

Two in three workers say they are willing to forgo a pay rise in favour of increased flexibility, new research shows.

The Fair Work Commission has "utterly" rejected an employer's interpretation of the casual conversion provisions' 'reasonable grounds' exception.

Some employees are getting stuck in a "competency trap", where they perform so well in their roles that it stifles their future career opportunities, a leadership expert says.

After sacking an employee for a code of conduct breach involving a consensual s-xual interaction, an employer has successfully appealed against orders to reinstate and compensate him.

In a case that highlights the importance of providing clear reasoning when refusing a vaccination-exemption request, a commission has found an employer's decision was unfair and unreasonable.

Remote-first workplaces are more viable than hybrid, but employers can't take a "half-hearted" approach to the policy, a workplace commentator says.

Employers have two critical lessons to take away from the operation of the Fair Work Commission's stop-s-xual harassment jurisdiction so far, an employment lawyer says.

An employee who was disgruntled about his employer's COVID vaccination directions was fairly sacked after intimidating and harassing his colleagues.