Five employment law cases that shook the world: #4 No redundancy consultation, no unfair dismissal
As part of a series of articles we are examining five employment law cases that shook the world (or at least…
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The First Category 1 WHS Prosecution in New South Wales: The Meaning of “Reckless”
The recent decision of the District Court in Stephen James Orr v Cudal Lime Products Pty Ltd; Stephen James Orr v Simon…
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Quirks in modern awards No’s 5 to 8
As part of our occasional series on odd and unusual terms in modern awards, we highlight a further four more quirky…
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What’s in a Name? Job Titles and Modern Award Coverage
The Name Game Amusing articles appear on a regular basis about the renaming of particular occupations in an effort to make them…
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Car allowance decision drives unfair dismissal access
In the recent decision of Sam Technology Engineers Pty Ltd v Mr Andrew Bernadou [2018] FWCFB 1767 the Full Bench of…
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The top five mistakes employers make when terminating employment: No.5 Alternatives to Dismissal
So you’ve got a valid reason to dismiss an employee, right? (Established misconduct, poor performance, etc). And you’ve made sure you’ve afforded…
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Facing an Investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman — What is at stake?
It is not uncommon for employers to face investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman (“FWO”) where for example, a disgruntled employee…
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Outer limit/maximum term employment contracts their future after the Navitas decision
Introduction The decision of the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission on 8 December 2017 in Saeid Khayam v Navitas English Pty…
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Swearing in the workplace: The legal position
The recent Full Bench decision of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) in Illawarra Coal Holdings Pty Ltd T/A South32 v Matthew…
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The top five mistakes employers make when terminating employment: No.3 Minimum employment periods
For employers with less than 15 employees*, an employee will only be able to make a claim for unfair dismissal where…
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