An employer's "poor and uninformed" response to a pregnant manager's working-from-home request did not amount to a constructive dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.
New laws will obligate employers to allow employees to switch off from work, but what's really required is a genuine and strategic move to rebuild trust, a wellbeing specialist says.
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Frontline workers were already feeling forgotten and undervalued, but now they're being made "scapegoats" in the return-to-office battle, a workplace futurist says.
As an increasing number of organisations trial and adopt four-day working weeks, there are clear signs employers should take a staged approach, and that failing to tailor their offering is "a pathway to disaster".
The 'right to disconnect' expected to be introduced this week is potentially a "micro intervention" into employers' operations at a time when the focus should instead be on productivity, a workplace lawyer says.
In a Senate inquiry report, Labor and the Greens have expressed their support for the Closing Loopholes No. 2 Bill, subject to adding a new 'right to disconnect', and further casual and gig work amendments. But Coalition members say the Bill will be a "jobs killer".
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