The top five mis­takes employ­ers make when ter­mi­nat­ing employ­ment: No.3 Min­i­mum employ­ment periods

Feb 22, 2018

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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The top five mis­takes employ­ers make when ter­mi­nat­ing employ­ment: No.1 Giv­ing inad­e­quate notice

Feb 21, 2018

When dis­miss­ing a full-time or part-time employ­ee — oth­er than one being dis­missed for seri­ous mis­con­duct – the Fair Work Act…
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The top five mis­takes employ­ers make when ter­mi­nat­ing employ­ment: No.2 Incor­rect ter­mi­na­tion pay 

Feb 21, 2018

The rules on ter­mi­na­tion pay are extreme­ly com­plex and it is no sur­prise that this is an area where errors…
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Work­place Rela­tion­ships: The Legal Position

Feb 13, 2018

With recent devel­op­ments in Aus­tralian pol­i­tics, and the con­tin­ued focus on the inter­na­tion­al #MeToo move­ment, a top­ic that is present­ly being…
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Long ser­vice leave and res­ig­na­tion because of ​“domes­tic or oth­er press­ing necessity”

Feb 12, 2018

Intro­duc­tionAn issue which aris­es from time to time is, whether long ser­vice leave is payable where an employ­ee leaves their…
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Lack of pro­ce­dur­al fair­ness does­n’t nec­es­sar­i­ly mean unfair dismissal

Feb 8, 2018

In arti­cles and pre­sen­ta­tions on unfair dis­missal the impor­tance of pro­ce­dur­al fair­ness is a recur­ring theme.  This reflects sec­tions 387 (b) and…
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Prin­ci­pal Con­trac­tors: The Rules of Engagement

Jan 31, 2018

The role of prin­ci­pal con­trac­tor is crit­i­cal in man­ag­ing the work health and safe­ty risks on con­struc­tion projects. Even so, mis­un­der­stand­ings…
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Sex­u­al Harass­ment in the Post-Wein­stein Age What’s Next for Employers? 

Jan 19, 2018

The Post-Wein­stein Age The down­fall of one-time Hol­ly­wood heavy­weight Har­vey Wein­stein is increas­ing­ly look­ing like a sem­i­nal event, caus­ing a par­a­digm shift in…
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Fam­i­ly law and caveats

Jan 9, 2018

Accord­ing to the Real Prop­er­ty Act, a per­son who claims a legal or equi­table estate or inter­est in land (‘caveator’) can lodge…
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Men­tal ill­ness in par­ent­ing matters

Jan 3, 2018

Each year at least 1 in 5 Aus­tralians over the age of 16 expe­ri­ence men­tal ill­ness. The most com­mon men­tal ill­ness­es are…
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