Flexibility

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Timely Reminders from the Fair Work Commission: The Five categories of employees with access to ‘flexibilty’

In a recent decision from the full bench of the Fair Work Commission, it was held that an employer lacked a reasonable basis for refusing an employee’s request for flexible work arrangements. The Employee, Detective Senior Constable Gary Emery,  was 58-years-old, and nearing retirement.  His request was to have additional rest days, as he moved […]

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Flexibility at work. Are we throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

‘Flexibility’ has always been an aspect of workplace law, and a key obligation on employers.  It is both essential to anti discrimination law, as well as a key element of ‘a fair go all round’ – a fundamental tenet of Australian workplace law for half a century. The flexibility provisions in the National Employment Standards do little but to […]