The Australia day aftermath generally signals the return of life to post-holiday normality, and this week in employment law was no exception to that rule. In the often controversial world of Unfair Dismissal at the Fair Work Commission, three cases caught our interest, each of them going the way of the employer. In McDaid v […]
On Monday I had the pleasure of speaking to Ross Greenwood on his program ‘Money News’ on 2GB. He was discussing the recent Unfair Dismissal case of Horner v Kallis Bros in the Fair Work Commission. The employee was dismissed for swearing at his supervisor. The disimissal was ruled to be not unfair, because despite the […]
The ALP’s Parental leave scheme, enacted by the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 (Cth), was the result of a 585 page report from the Productivity Commission. It was not a perfect policy by anyone’s standards, but it was a measured and considered enactment. It has brought us a little closer to current international standards in government funded paid parental […]
We’ve all heard over the last few weeks of the many Dick Smith customers who have gift cards that are now worthless after the company went into voluntary receivership. Some of these gift cards are said to be worth upwards of $1,000 and whilst it is deeply upsetting for consumers, many of whom are children […]
A recent decision of the Fair Work Commission regarding redundancy entitlements could have some unfortunate consequences for employees and, in my opinion, in the long term for business and the economy. In Compass Group (Australia) Pty Ltd v National Union of Workers; United Firefighters’ Union of Australia [2015] FWCFB 8040 the Full Bench of the […]
It is very in vogue at the moment to ditch performance reviews in the workplace. From Virgin UK to General Electric, companies are snubbing this tool in favour of other management techniques. But does this really work? What are the benefits of performance reviews? And most importantly, should you persevere with yours? To take a […]