How long is a day?
The law is an occupation that deals primarily with language. Words have both an ordinary meaning, and a legal meaning. Lawyers and parties to litigation will often ask the courts to define… Read Article →
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The Misuse and Abuse of the FWC’s Stop Bullying Order Applications
In a decision by the Fair Work Commission (the Commission), Deputy President Sams warned against Applicants’ improper use of stop bullying applications “as a deflection, or diversion, or even to overturn a… Read Article →
Enterprise Agreements – Better Off Overall Test
There are two steps to obtaining approval for a new enterprise agreement. The first step is for employees to vote on whether they approve of the proposed enterprise agreement. If the majority… Read Article →
Will religious organisations continue to receive exemptions to discriminate under the proposed Religious Discrimination Act?
Following the Coalition’s surprise election victory last month, religious discrimination laws appear to be one of the first issues to be considered by the new federal parliament. Attorney-General Christian Porter has confirmed… Read Article →
FWC Uses New Legislation to Approve Enterprise Agreement Despite Procedural Errors
The Fair Work Commission has utilised recent changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) to approve an enterprise agreement despite minor technical and procedural errors. There are strict requirements under the… Read Article →
Fingerprint Scanning: A lawful and reasonable direction?
The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission this week held that an employee was unfairly dismissed for refusing to follow the employee’s direction to log in and out of work using… Read Article →