Calculating redundancy payments does prior service as a casual count?
Australian law has for a long time recognised the concept of “casual” employment. It is generally understood that casual employees are…
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Trust me — I’m your employer
Coming into this season, we tend to reflect on the year that was and what matters most in our lives…
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Do we have to do what we are paid to do?
In Oliver Stone’s film Platoon, we see the experience of a young recruit in Vietnam. His sergeant reinforces his intolerance for…
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The Hunger Games have arrived: HR are now the hunted!
One of the purposes of someone forming a company is to enable an enterprise to trade to the extent of the…
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Minimising employer redundancy obligations
A provision exists in the Fair Work Act, which enables employers to apply to the Fair Work Commission to minimise…
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Employment law changes from 1 July 2016
In Brief It is a constant challenge for employers to remain up date with changes in the dynamic environment of employment…
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The complexity of employment law in Australia has no future in the ‘future’
When we engage staff now we do so in an environment where uncertainty and diminishing employment security is the new…
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The perils of misleading your prospective employees
INTRODUCTIONThere are few court decisions which deal with damages claims by employees lured into new employment by prospective employers’ assurances…
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Proceedings under the Fair Work Act Is the Fair Work Commission really a cost free jurisdiction?
Common questions asked by parties in unfair dismissal claims are “will I get my costs back if I win?” and “will I have…
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The future and HR — the other side of the worm-hole
Recently, we hosted a seminar on the Future of HR and heard from two experts in the field about their experience…
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