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 […]
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 […]
Penalty Rates and the Independence of the Fair Work Commission
With the 2019 Federal Election looming and the timely Easter public holidays break now passed, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has reiterated his pledge to overrule the independent Fair Work Commission’s […]
Fake News: Who are the real victims of political misinformation?
In the era of fake news, modern society has never seen such high levels of political misinformation. Whether it has been the Brexiteers‘ guarantees of improbable prosperity for an independent […]
2019 Federal Election snapshot
The time has come. Prime Minster Scott Morrison has announced the Federal Election for 18 May 2019. One thing is clear and that is that the outcome of the election […]
Unpaid interns: An expensive lesson for fashion start up ‘Her Fashion Box’
Late last month, the Federal Circuit Court handed down significant penalties totaling $329,133 against online fashion start up Her Fashion Box Pty Ltd and its sole director Kathleen Purkis, in […]