Shelley Williams

Two recent decisions of the Fair Work Commission highlight a growing problem and a practical response. Applicants now wield AI tools to draft submissions, fabricate contractual terms, and pursue claims they cannot win. These two decisions, read together, chart a clear course for employers confronting the growing tide of AI-assisted unmeritorious claims. Employers who face these claims can, and should, pursue costs orders to deter this conduct. Act early and create a paper trail.

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The issue of gender pay equity is never far from the public agenda but is now poised to rise to the fore of national headlines, courtesy of the inaugural release of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s (WGEA) gender pay gap analysis. On 27 February 2024, for the first time, WGEA will publish private sector gender pay gap data of employers with more than 100 employees.