The Federal Court has knocked out an attempt by a former employee of the Commonwealth Department of Finance to bring sexual harassment, sex discrimination and victimisation proceedings against the Commonwealth...
On 20 April 2021, the Fair Work Commission handed down its decision in Barber v Goodstart Early Learning. In this case, an employee was dismissed after refusing to take a...
In recent years, there has been a multitude of litigated disputes involving sexual harassment claims, with consequent significant awards of damages in favour of successful claimants.
In this update, we address three Full Federal Court decisions from 2020, provide a re-cap on the July 2020 Report of the Inquiry into the Victorian On-Demand Workforce and the...
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously dismissed an appeal brought by Uber against earlier rulings.
On 8 April 2021, the Federal Government announced proposed amendments to the definition of 'serious misconduct' in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) to include sexual harassment, and that sexual...
On 26 March 2021, the Fair Work Amendment Act 2021 (the Act) commenced, introducing significant national reforms to casual employment and associated arrangements.
The new VPS EA was approved by the FWC on 2 October 2020 after a round of bargaining which took place against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and significant...
Following the second wave of COVID-19 infections in Victoria in July 2020, the Victorian Government swiftly imposed a duty on employers to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission at Victorian...
The annus horribilis of 2020 saw a number of important cases handed down which involve and have implications for various parts of the Victorian public sector.
On 1 July 2020, Fire Rescue Victoria came into being, fundamentally changing the structure of Victoria's fire services and amalgamating parts of the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board and...
The Australian government requires certain entities to publish annual statements on a public online register, setting out the risk of modern slavery they have identified in their supply chain and...
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