Whilst all the talk so far in December regarding politics has been about getting sick asylum seekers off Nauru,...
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Dec 2018
Category: News & Commentary
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Dec 2018
Hidden disabilities in the workforce and inadvertent discrimination
A recent case before the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal, Ferris v State of Victoria [2018] VSCA 240, serves...
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Oct 2018
What to make of the “Change The Rules” campaign
Last Tuesday, October 23, 2018, union rallies were held in Melbourne and Sydney in support of the Australian Council...
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Sep 2018
California’s ‘ABC’ test for Independent Contractors – some key lessons for Australia
Australian workplace lawyers are parochial by nature. We don’t look at international examples very often. And given the tens...
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Aug 2018
Will the Fair Work Act protect a Cricket Australia employee’s right to tweet her political
Earlier in August, Fairfax broke the story of a Cricket Australia employee, Angela Williamson, allegedly sacked for criticising via...
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Aug 2018
Playing with fire: The real implications of Shorten’s proposal to reverse penalty rate
In May 2016 Bill Shorten said, speaking to the ABC, that a government proposing to legislate penalty rate outcomes...
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Aug 2018
Dismissals of badly behaved employees declared unfair by Fair Work Commission
Recent decisions by the Fair Work Commission have emphasised the need to afford employees procedural fairness throughout the termination...
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Jun 2018
Refusal to Employ
Employers are required to walk a tight-rope every time they hire a new employee. The Fair Work Provisions...
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May 2018
Managing workplace relationships: What we can learn from Barnaby Joyce
Everyone’s favourite Kiwi/Australian politician Barnaby Joyce has been in the spotlight again recently due to his upcoming interview with...
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Apr 2018
Junior pay rates in modern awards: Are young people being ripped off?
A “fair go all around” has long been an underlying principle in the Australian industrial relations system. However, under...
