Employment law myth No. 3: “Oral contract? It’s not worth the paper it’s written on!”
There is no general requirement for employees to be given a written contract. That is not to say it is not…
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Employment law myth No.4: “If they’ve got an ABN, they’re an independent contractor”
A frequent area of confusion in employment law is the use of independent contractors. In particular, whether someone engaged as…
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Are dismissals genuine redundancies when employees have rejected a pay cut?
Consider this situation. You run Company A. Your business involves supplying a service to Company B. You have been providing this…
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Redundancy — Defending Claims for Unfair Dismissal
Circumstances will sometimes arise in a business where an employer needs to shed staff. The business may be subject to a takeover…
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Can you stand down your employees?
A common question for employers is whether and in what circumstances can they stand down an employee. At common law there…
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Common sense prevails in an unfair dismissal case
I often write about whacky decisions of the Fair Work Commission which demonstrate the extraordinary lengths employers have to go…
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“What becomes of the broken hearted?” and can or should employers care anyway?
The unfortunate answer to the Motown ballad question — ‘What becomes of the broken hearted?’ — is they sometimes become…
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Reasonable notice on termination of employment has it a future?
Introduction Termination of a contract of employment upon reasonable notice has long been regarded as part of the employment law landscape…
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How to lose a business — without lifting a finger
‘The shareholders own the business, right? After all, they own the company, which pays the rent and the staff and…
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The Fair Work Commission — Has it lost its way?
Trust — the key ingredient There is no mystery as to what lies at the heart of healthy staff/management relationships in…
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