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Can employees refuse to work additional hours if their employment contract stipulates a 38-hour week?

Making the penalty fit the offence was the focus of a case where the employer had failed to check its obligations in relation to payment of an employee for his accrued annual leave, on termination of his employment.

For the first time, Safe Work Australia has created WHS guidance on preventing workplace sexual harassment. 

Success in dealing with stress is the focus of a recent study looking into whether workplace mindfulness-based programs reduce stress and enhance well-being at work. 

Multiple shortcomings in a technician’s job performance plus alleged ‘time fraud’ got him sacked, but he succeeded in his unfair dismissal claim. Check out the reasons for the FWC’s finding.

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.

Employees often leave the workplace during a lunch break, but can you insist they don’t?

If an employee on a fixed-term contract completes the work before the specified end date, are they entitled to redundancy pay?

If an employee has regularly worked additional hours, should this be considered when calculating redundancy entitlements? Read an explanation of what the Fair Work Act says.

What should you do if a restraint order (such as an Apprehended Violence Order) is issued against an employee? Learn more here about how to handle this situation.