It is important that HR professionals and others involved in decisions concerning the workplace are aware of the full extent of obligations for employers. ...
It is important that HR professionals and others involved in decisions concerning the workplace are aware of the full extent of obligations for employers.
Prior to the Queensland election on 31 January 2015, the Australian Labor Party proposed a number of legislative changes that will affect employers.
The first few hours following a serious safety incident are critical. As discussed at our recent HR forum in Brisbane, the following matters should be attended to immediately following a serious safety incident.
Employers should be aware of three recent cases where employees were found to be unfairly dismissed in arguably surprising circumstances.
The Fair Work Amendment Bill 2014 (the Bill) is currently before the Senate. The Bill proposes a number of changes to the Fair Work Act 2009.
In the much anticipated decision of the High Court in Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker [2014] HCA 32 (10 September 2014) a majority of the High Court held there was no common law duty of mutual trust and confidence implied as a term in an employment contract.
The Full Federal Court in the recent decision of Richardson v Oracle Corporation Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 82 ordered that an employee’s award of damages for unlawful sexual harassment be increased from $18,000 to $130,000 stating that community standards required higher compensation.
Do you pay your employees above the minimum base award rates? Do your employees work through their breaks, more than 38 hours per week, on weekends, public holidays or outside of ordinary hours of work? If so, you may be underpaying your employees.
An update on anti-discrimination and adverse action claims for employers.
The Fair Work Commission gives the thumbs down to falsified safety records; and a fighting employee is reinstated after an investigation into whether his dismissal was ‘harsh, unjust or unreasonable’.
We are often contacted by our clients when they have doubts over the legitimacy of an employee’s claim for workers’ compensation.
The workplace bullying laws under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) have been operating for about six months and enable a worker who is bullied at work in a constitutionally-covered business to apply to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) for an order to stop the bullying.
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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