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A recent Fair Work Commission case reveals how a fast food chain’s failure to communicate and act fairly led to a $10,000 payout.

Do night shifts crossing over public holidays attract full penalty rates? Find out how shift timing and award rules impact entitlements—especially on long weekends.

This article explores the Fair Work Act’s criteria for reasonable overtime, weighing workplace needs against health, safety, and personal circumstances.

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

Are you confused about entitlements to overtime payments when modern awards allow for ordinary hours to be worked on Saturdays? Read on for an example of how it works.

Overtime is work performed outside an employee’s ordinary hours.

Curious about when overtime penalty rates apply? Our Workplace Advice Line recently broke down the key triggers and how to correctly calculate overtime under awards and enterprise agreements.

Are you required to pay employees overtime rates if they work through their lunch break?

From 26 August 2024, employees will have the right to disconnect from work communications outside of working hours.

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".