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Can an employee refuse to work overtime during the Christmas-New Year period on WHS grounds? 

Recent amendments to the Fair Work Act have expanded workplace delegates' rights, including for regulated workers. Learn about the key responsibilities, protections, and entitlements for workplace delegates under the updated rules.

A senior manager at Aldi is claiming the supermarket chain discriminated against him on the ground of sex by denying him access to parental leave.

Are employees who are based in a different state from a head office entitled to local public holidays?

If an employee falls sick while on approved leave, do you convert the leave to personal/carer's leave? It all depends.

The number of WHS staff/professionals that a business should engage, in proportion to the number of staff on site, is not a precise number.

The Fair Work Commission upheld the dismissal of an employee for three serious misconduct incidents, finding the dismissal procedurally fair and valid.

An employer who reduced a casual employee’s hours to zero because he was “moody” and clashed with a manager has failed with its jurisdictional objection to his general protections claim.

With extensive media coverage surrounding the release of "gender pay gap" data by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), it's important to understand what the data actually demonstrates.

Resignations given in the 'heat of the moment' or in stressful situations need to be handled carefully. This case illustrates what can go wrong.