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Flexible Work Requests: What Recent Fair Work Commission Decisions Require of Employers

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What’s the real issue?  Since the 2023 changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), how you handle a flexible work request now matters as much as whether you say yes or no. Under section 65B, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) can now arbitrate refused requests — and order you to grant one anyway if you did not follow the

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