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With changes to the FWA now in full force, employers must follow strict steps when managing flexible work requests or risk intervention by the FWC.

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An employer’s refusal of a flexible work request seemed justified, until the Fair Work Commission found a critical procedural requirement had been overlooked.

The Fair Work Commission ordered an employee to work one day per week in the office, highlighting the need for employers to provide substantial evidence and negotiate genuinely when refusing flexible work requests.

A flexible work policy has many benefits, in particular for employees juggling increasingly busy lives.

In the contemporary workplace, flexible working arrangements are a critical tool to assist employees in balancing work and family responsibilities and for employers to retain skills and industry experience.

A bank employee who requested to work from home permanently for fear of contracting COVID has lost her request to permanently work from home, with the Fair Work Commission finding her application "simply unreasonable".

New research reveals a 3.2% decline in the proportion of women in part-time work, hinting at a shift toward gender equality. Employers are encouraged to embrace flexible work arrangements, reduce career penalties for part-time employees, and support women's full-time participation.

Flexible working, greater transparency, and workplaces free of sexual harassment and discrimination are top of women's wish lists.

Temporary changes to the Long Service Leave Act in NSW allow greater flexibility for employers and employees to access leave during COVID-19.  --Last updated: 8 April 2021