Stop bullying orders under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) are intended to have a wide application, extending beyond employees to ‘workers’ including contractors, volunteers and students gaining work experience. Recently, the… Read Article →
The deliberate underpayment of employee entitlements, such as wages, is not currently a criminal offence in Australia (despite the misleading use of the term by some). However, that is about to change… Read Article →
In a recent decision from the full bench of the Fair Work Commission, it was held that an employer lacked a reasonable basis for refusing an employee’s request for flexible work arrangements…. Read Article →
Whilst all the talk so far in December regarding politics has been about getting sick asylum seekers off Nauru, national cyber security, the government potentially losing a vote in the House of… Read Article →
A recent case before the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal, Ferris v State of Victoria [2018] VSCA 240, serves as a reminder for employers that they can be found guilty of unlawful… Read Article →
Last Tuesday, October 23, 2018, union rallies were held in Melbourne and Sydney in support of the Australian Council of Trade Union’s (‘ACTU’) “change the rules” campaign. The protests followed a series… Read Article →
Australian workplace lawyers are parochial by nature. We don’t look at international examples very often. And given the tens of thousands of pages of domestic industrial instruments that we are forced to… Read Article →
Earlier in August, Fairfax broke the story of a Cricket Australia employee, Angela Williamson, allegedly sacked for criticising via Twitter the Tasmanian government’s policy on access to abortion services. It’s become a… Read Article →
In May 2016 Bill Shorten said, speaking to the ABC, that a government proposing to legislate penalty rate outcomes was “playing with fire”.
Recent decisions by the Fair Work Commission have emphasised the need to afford employees procedural fairness throughout the termination process, even where there is clear and compelling evidence of serious misconduct. The… Read Article →