The FWC has upheld a council's decision to refuse a worker's flexible work request, finding it had reasonable business grounds to align rosters with its revised operating hours and increase employee presence for safety reasons.
The FWC has taken on board a FIFO Shell worker's failure to attend physiotherapy appointments after breaking his back, in dismissing a dispute over the flexible work job-share bids he and a colleague lodged to ease their way into retirement.
The FWC has backed Whitehaven Coal's refusal to extend unpaid parental leave for a data reporting specialist, in a landmark decision referring to her "bespoke knowledge" and psychological concerns for colleagues dealing with burgeoning workloads.
Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has promised business leaders he will delay the commencement of controversial work-from-home legislation by 10 months and provide more time for debate before attempting to pass it ahead of the November 28 State election.
In a decision further expanding the breadth of flexibility requests, a senior FWC member has "with some hesitation" found that a warehouse's ban on mobile phones falls under the statutory definition of a "working arrangement" that can be changed.
Employers are hoping high-level meetings with Victoria's new-look State Government will this week confirm that it will significantly amend a work-from-home bill to assuage concerns over OHS liabilities, "stacking" and an unrealistic timeframe.
A federal authority's concerns that a dispute resolution specialist will miss out on face-to-face connections by working from home 100% of the time while looking after his child are among reasonable business grounds for refusing his request, the FWC has held.
Recognising rostering as skilled labour should be a reform priority for the public health system, according to a newly-released report, as the NSWNMA urges the Minns Government to collaborate on recommendations aimed at delivering "good flex" and improving retention.
A council's desire to have a senior planning team member pass on his wisdom in-person provided reasonable business grounds to refuse his request to work at home for all but six days a month, the FWC has found.
The FWC has endorsed AGL's grounds for rejecting a customer service consultant's flexible work request, but nevertheless ordered it to conduct a trial requiring her to attend the office for four hours on just 12 occasions over six months so she can continue to care for her incontinent, dementia-affected mother.
