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 ...
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.
The Fair Work Commission recently found that the dismissal of a ferry master for breach of his employer’s drug and alcohol policy was unfair. The decision highlights the need for employers to be cautious when dismissing an employee for breaching a ‘zero tolerance’ drug and alcohol policy.
There are a number of changes commencing on 1 July 2014 that will increase labour costs for employers.
In the recent case of Keegan v Sussan Corporation (Aust.) Pty Ltd [1] an employee was awarded just under $240,000 in damages after being bullied for 11 days.
It is important that employers are aware of the changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 that commenced on 1 January 2014. Cooper Grace Ward’s employment and workplace relations team has prepared a brief summary of the key changes.
The Federal Court recently ordered a contractor accountant to pay $476,000 in damages for sexual harassment. The contractor was employed by Robert Walters Pty Ltd and placed at Living & Leisure Australia Ltd (LLA) to assist with accountancy duties.
The Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 was passed in the Queensland Parliament on Thursday night, despite being hotly contested.
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.
Fast, accurate and flexible entities including companies, self-managed superannuation funds and trusts.