The Anti-Bul­ly­ing Injunc­tion Curtailed

Oct 27, 2020

The Fair Work Com­mis­sion Anti-Bul­ly­ing ​‘Injunc­tion’ In the 2017 anti-bul­ly­ing case, Lynette Bay­ly [2017] FWC 1886 (Bay­ly), the Fair Work…
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“Rea­son­able Notice” – Sounds innocu­ous but can be expensive

Oct 20, 2020

It is a trite propo­si­tion that employ­ment con­tracts are impor­tant. One key ben­e­fit of hav­ing an applic­a­ble employ­ment con­tract in place…
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Job­Keep­er 2.0: What employ­ers need to know

Sep 16, 2020

On 1 Sep­tem­ber 2020, the Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment passed the Coro­n­avirus Eco­nom­ic Response Pack­age (Job­Keep­er Pay­ments) Amend­ment Bill 2020 which has enabled…
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Right to toi­let break a relief for employees

Sep 2, 2020

In the recent deci­sion of Retail and Fast Food Work­ers Union Incor­po­rat­ed v Tan­tex Hold­ings Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1258, an…
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Claim­ing to be a mod­ern-day Mr Dar­cy was no defence to sex­u­al harassment

Aug 12, 2020

In the recent mat­ter of Hugh­es trad­ing as Beesley and Hugh­es Lawyers v Hill [2020] FCAFC 126 (Hugh­es v Hill), the Full…
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Abuse from the Anti-Mask ​‘Activists’: The Oblig­a­tions of Employers

Jul 28, 2020

One very recent and unwel­come phe­nom­e­non dur­ing the Covid-19 pan­dem­ic in Aus­tralia has been the emer­gence of the anti-mask ​“activists”…
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COVID-19 | Updat­ed Job­Keep­er Scheme

Jul 21, 2020

On 21 July 2020, the Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment announced that it would be extend­ing the Job­Keep­er pay­ment scheme for eli­gi­ble employ­ers…
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COVID-19 | The Fair­ness Prin­ci­ple in Stand­ing Down Employees

Jul 21, 2020

In the recent mat­ter of Mr Ryan La Plume v Thomas Foods Inter­na­tion­al Pty Lim­it­ed T/A Thomas Foods Inter­na­tion­al [2020] FWC…
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Mer­i­tas — An Intro­duc­tion to Tem­po­rary Changes Affect­ing Busi­ness­es in Aus­tralia and New Zealand

Jul 16, 2020

Look­ing for busi­ness and legal guid­ance regard­ing COVID-19 updates and pro­grams in Aus­tralia & New Zealand? This doc­u­ment has cov­er­age across…
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COVID-19 | Fair Work Com­mis­sion con­sid­ers fac­tors impact­ing redun­dan­cy payouts

Jul 10, 2020

In four (relat­ed) cas­es, the Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) recent­ly ruled in favour of an employ­er by reduc­ing the redun­dan­cy…
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