More floods and cyclones have battered the Australian Eastern Seaboard in the last few weeks with a cyclone and floods hitting Queensland and Northern NSW. What can...
Can an employee take legal action and claim damages where they suffer a psychological injury arising from the manner of their dismissal? The High Court recently answered...
The Fair Work Commission has resoundingly stated that HR managers should not inform employees about company policies as a “tick and flick” exercise. Recently an employer...
In a significant decision on paid parental leave, a FWC presidential member has ordered a state-owned public transport provider to backpay a bus driver who claimed to...
In a decision that applies to tradespeople generally, a court has found a low-paid casual hairdresser’s two-year restraint on poaching clients “void and unenforceable” because it was...
A recent decision of the Fair Work Commission has assessed how long a valid reason remains able to be used to justify a valid dismissal. The tribunal...
Should allowances be made for “some degree of exasperation or tension” between managers and those they supervise, without it becoming bullying? The issue recently arose in an...
The Fair Work Commission has addressed the issue of what constitutes serious misconduct and determined it really does need to be serious before an employee is terminated....
The Fair Work Commission has recently ordered an employer to pay an unfairly dismissed employee the maximum of six months compensation because of how the dismissal was...
Flexible working arrangements From 6 June 2023, new provisions commenced in the Fair Work Act regarding requests to work on a flexible basis. Full-time and part-time employees...
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