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November 14, 2018

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE
New International OHS Standard Published and Federal Court to Consider ‘CASUAL LEAVE’ Issue Again

Awards and Employee Entitlements, Policies and Procedures, Workplace Health & Safety Adverse Action, Bullying, Contract of Employment, Discrimination, Dismissal, Employee Entitlements, Employer fined, Employment Contract, Employment Law, Fair Work Act 2009, Fair Work Ombudsman, Workplace Hazards, Workplace Injury, Workplace Policies, Workplace Safety

This month we look at the new international OHS standard published by Standards Australia. We also discuss the current ‘casual leave’ issue that is set to be considered again by the Federal Court, with a number of parties intervening in a new case brought by Workpac. New OHS standard published The world’s first international OHS […]

May 30, 2018

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE
Recent employment law decisions provide timely guidance for employers

Awards and Employee Entitlements, Misconduct, Policies and Procedures, Termination of Employment, Underpayment Claims, Unfair Dismissal, Workplace Health & Safety Dismissal, Employee Entitlements, Employer fined, Fair Work Commission, Pregnancy, Safety Breach, Social Media, Unfair Dismissal Application, Workplace Safety

This month we look at two recent decisions in the employment law space. The first decision relates to an employer’s decision to terminate an employee for breaching a cardinal safety rule. The second decision relates to the reprehensible conduct of an employer who failed to pass on an employee’s paid parental leave entitlement. Use of […]

February 15, 2015

Employer ordered to pay $29k after false serious misconduct allegations

Archive Corporate theft, Employer fined, Investigation, Misconduct Allegations, Termination, Unfair Dismissal

The Fair Work Commission has awarded an employee $29,070 in compensation after it found that the employer had no evidence of the employee’s alleged serious misconduct before proceeding to dismiss the employee. The employee had worked for the employer for nearly three and a half years at the time of her dismissal. The employer commenced […]

August 28, 2014

Employer ordered to seek treatment for anger management

Archive Anger Management, Employer, Employer fined, Employment Law

In a recent matter before the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, an employer has been fined and ordered to seek professional help to deal with his anger management issues. An employee (represented by the Transport Workers’ Union) approached the employer and informed him that he could not work the following Monday as he had to […]

April 15, 2014

Failure to respond to WHS risk costs employer $400k

Archive Employer fined, WHS, Workplace Hazards, Workplace Injury, Workplace Safety

The County Court of Victoria has imposed a $400,000 fine for a work related accident which resulted in the tragic death of a worker. Whilst investigations into the cause of the worker’s death were not conclusive, it was found that the worker slipped into a hole in a walkway that was left as a result […]

Employer fined

EMPLOYMENT UPDATENew International OHS Standard Published and Federal Court to Consider ‘CASUAL LEAVE’ Issue Again

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE

New International OHS Standard Published and Federal Court to Consider ‘CASUAL LEAVE’ Issue Again

EMPLOYMENT UPDATERecent employment law decisions provide timely guidance for employers