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Worker who used AI in 'hopeless' claim ordered to pay employer's legal costs

Worker who used AI in 'hopeless' claim ordered to pay employer's legal costs

FWC says the employee acted unreasonably for continuing the claim despite its warnings

Court quashes medical panel opinion in Woolworths injury claim

One line in the panel's reasons undid its finding on 14 years of work

Court quashes medical panel opinion in Woolworths injury claim

Unemployment rate rose to 4.5% in July

Australia sees a 16,000-person drop in employed people

Unemployment rate rose to 4.5% in July

Banking job cuts collide with a specialist regulatory talent shortage

Australian banks cut about 8,000 roles in 2025, yet compliance and transformation specialists remain scarce and expensive to secure

Banking job cuts collide with a specialist regulatory talent shortage

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Why HR keeps ending up back at the drawing board

Why HR keeps ending up back at the drawing board

HR and IT treat integration as tech work, leaving a costly gap in ownership and governance

Transformation

Job hugging is masking a productivity crisis

Job hugging is masking a productivity crisis

Leadership consultancy chief Karlie Cremin says job hugging masks disengagement, ahead of her HRFest Australia session on workforce risk

Is full-time WFH working out?

Is full-time WFH working out?

Remote work research draws a hard line between two days out of office and five, and it matters

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From Skill to Strategy: Embedding Storytelling at Scale

From Skill to Strategy: Embedding Storytelling at Scale

By moving beyond metrics, one organisation discovered the stories that truly drive customer behaviour

Employment Law

When does employee absence amount to abandonment of employment?

What lessons can employers learn from the Haque decision?

Sydney Swans bans test employers' positive duty obligations

Five Sydney Swans players face season-ending sanctions, offering employers a real-world test of acting during live investigations

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