A candidate who accused an employer of offering him a lower salary based on his skin colour and race has been blocked from pursuing a general protections claim, after the Fair Work Commission found he wasn't dismissed when his job offer was revoked.

More than half of employees would accept an alternative to a salary increase if they were to be promoted, and flexibility around when they work is as desirable as a financial reward, research shows.

Documenting "everything" is critical when employees are working asynchronously, but some people struggle with the concept of sharing their work in progress, an HR leader says.

A team leader who falsified records "must have known" he was doing the wrong thing, given his position and experience, a commission has found.

Employees with disability are often deterred from asking for workplace adjustments because they fear stigma, but say these are a "godsend" when granted, new research shows.

Employers that try to rally their staff around a shared purpose to increase productivity risk alienating them instead, according to an HR advisory leader.

An employee who claimed she was "blindsided" by the end of her time-limited contract has been cleared to claim unfair dismissal, with the Fair Work Commission criticising her employer for its "misleading conduct".

The importance of engaging and communicating with employees about enterprise agreements cannot be understated, a lawyer stresses, noting HR professionals have a "critical" role to play in the new bargaining landscape.

A man's claim that an art gallery's "ladies' lounge" discriminated against him might be tempting to dismiss as "ridiculous", but it's part of a broader conversation that's all-too relevant to HR, a lawyer says.

An employee who consumed up to 15 drinks the night before turning up late to work was unfairly dismissed, because his employer did not submit evidence proving he was still intoxicated.