An HR manager who resigned her position due to fears of vicarious liability for potential breaches of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) will see her day in court after ...
An HR manager who resigned her position due to fears of vicarious liability for potential breaches of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) will see her day in court after her employer’s application for summary dismissal of her claim was rejected.
Employers should be cautious when reducing an employee’s hours after the Federal Court found that an employee was entitled to redundancy pay when her employer unilaterally changed her employment status to part time.
ASIC has released advice stating that companies must include liabilities to backpay leave entitlements to past and present casual employees caught by the decision in Rossato v Workpac in their financial reporting.
The resources sector has been put on notice as industrial manslaughter offences commenced in Queensland on 1 July 2020, with senior officers facing a maximum 20 years’ jail and companies facing fines exceeding $13 million.
Employers need to reconsider award coverage of senior employees and those who had initially ‘fallen through the cracks’ after the Fair Work Commission (Commission) amended the Miscellaneous Award 2020, extending its coverage. The extended coverage in the Award applies as of 1 July 2020.
The national minimum wage will increase to $753.80 per week (or $19.84 per hour). The weekly rate is based on a 38 hour week for a full-time employee. This constitutes an increase of $13 per week, or 35 cents an hour.
A Brisbane scrap metal yard has been fined $3 million for industrial manslaughter and its two directors sentenced to 10 months imprisonment, wholly suspended, for reckless conduct after a worker was hit by a reversing forklift and later died from his injuries.
Queensland has lifted restrictions on attending the office, encouraging workers to speak with their employer about a safe return to work.
In what is being described as employees ‘double dipping’, the Full Federal Court’s recent decision in Workpac v Rossato confirms that an employee who is paid a casual loading on the misunderstanding that they are a casual employee, may also claim permanent entitlements such as paid annual leave and personal
The Federal Court is poised to determine whether Qantas’ stand down of approximately 66% of its Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (LAMEs) was legal. In the meantime, the Court has determined that stood down employees are not entitled to personal leave.
Cooper Grace Ward has prepared the following guide to summarise the practical safety issues arising from the Resource Kit, to assist Australian employers as restrictions are eased and employees return to their workplaces.
Employers have a duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the physical and mental health and safety of workers and other persons while at work.
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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