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How should employees be paid if a public holiday falls on a weekend but is recognised on the Monday?

A bank employee who requested to work from home permanently for fear of contracting COVID has lost her request to permanently work from home, with the Fair Work Commission finding her application "simply unreasonable".

She is currently working at the intersection of data analytics, AI, ML, privacy, data protection, cyber and information security.

An employer's attempt to "accept" an employee's earlier resignation backfired when the Fair Work Commission ruled it as a dismissal. Learn why once a resignation is withdrawn, it can't be revived without mutual agreement, and how employers can protect themselves in similar situations.

When a worker’s leg was caught in a moving conveyor belt and crushed by a pallet, the employer offered an enforceable undertaking with an investment of almost $300K rather than face prosecution.

Which public holidays apply when employees occasionally work interstate – those applying back in their home state/territory or those in the interstate location? 

She is currently working at the intersection of data analytics, AI, ML, privacy, data protection, cyber and information security.

How do you calculate penalty rates if casual staff work overtime? Should the penalties be calculated at the ordinary hourly rate or the casual hourly rate (including the casual pay loading)? 

A former Nine Entertainment employee alleged bullying and racial discrimination, but the tribunal found no evidence, attributing the issues to communication problems instead.

We look at a scenario of an employee wanting to change their hours to accommodate caring for a school-age child. Read on to find out what the Fair Work Act defines as school age.