The law relating to sexual harassment in Australia has been in place for over 30 years and should provide...
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Dec 2018
Category: Law
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Dec 2018
Disrupting the disrupters: what are the consequences of the Foodora ruling for the gig economy?
Last month, the Fair Work Commission handed down a much-anticipated decision in Klooger v Foodora Australia Pty Ltd [2018]...
13
Dec 2018
Government announces response to casual employee “double-dipping”
December has been a busy month for Industrial Relations Minister Kelly O’Dwyer. In addition to recent legislative changes to...
9
Dec 2018
Employment Law Update: December 2018
Whilst all the talk so far in December regarding politics has been about getting sick asylum seekers off Nauru,...
30
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...
8
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...
4
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...
24
Jul 2018
No Win, No Fee: The seven must-ask questions for Employee litigants
With the growing proliferation of ‘no win no fee’ and contingency based employment litigation agents, it’s easy to presume...
10
Jul 2018
#TimesUp on inappropriate workplace behaviours
The Fair Work Commission is showing little tolerance for inappropriate workplace behaviour in the #metoo era. A number of Unfair...
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May 2018
Is the word “bullying” being overused in the workplace?
There is no doubt that workplace bullying can be a serious matter for employees and employers. It can lead...
