The Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board, United Firefighters Union of Australia, Operational Staff Agreement 2016 (Agreement) was approved on 18 February 2019.[1]
In an ironic turn of events, a poorly implemented and followed performance improvement plan (PIP) has resulted in an employer having to pay $205,342 to an employee who brought a...
Does an employee have to be consulted, in accordance with an applicable industrial instrument, about their impending termination? According to a recent decision[1] by the Fair Work Commission (FWC), not...
The Fair Work Ombudsman has released advice that all permanent employees are entitled to 10 days of paid personal/carer's leave for each year of employment. This is a major departure...
Termination of employment by text message found to be 'unconscionably undignified', even for small businesses. Two recent decisions from the Fair Work Commission serve as a warning to employers that...
Our workplaces need to change the culture of silence around sexual harassment. Legal experts offer their advice.
Now that employers have been given some time to digest the, according to the polls, unexpected result in Australia's 2019 Federal Election, many are still left questioning — what does...
A recent Federal Court decision has held that an employee working in two 'separate and distinct' part-time roles for the same employer was not entitled to over $195,000 of claimed...
The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has considered the issue of when illegally obtained workplace surveillance becomes evidence in a case which raises 'new and novel issues in...
The recent decision of Wieland v Return to Work[1] confirms that volunteers can be considered employees and attract the relevant employee protections.
There's been a lot of publicity recently over Israel Folau and his problems with Rugby Australia over some controversial views about homosexuals and others he posted on social media.
Effective 1 July 2019, new whistleblower laws introduced by the Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Whistleblower Protections) Act 2019 (Act) will create an extended set of protections for whistleblowers who make...
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