13 March 2024
Getting your staff back in the office - reasonably
FWC recently found (Charles Gregory Gregory v Maxxia Pty Ltd [2023] FWC 2768) an advisor with an inflammatory bowel dise...
14 February 2024
Jail Term and Massive Fines for Fatigue and Vehicle Management Failures
The traffic accident on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway that resulted in the deaths of four police officers has resulted in:...
07 February 2024
Bully or Exasperated Manager acting reasonably?
The FWC (Momirovski, Douglas, Serafini, Naumcevski and Egan [2023] FWC 3299) has recently refused to make stop bullying ...
02 February 2024
The End to Casual Confusion? . . . Not quite
The Closing Loopholes legislation sought to provide further clarity to the vexed issue concerning ‘regular’ Casuals. It ...
22 December 2023
Merry Christmas – massive IR changes keep on coming
2023 marked the first real year of significant IR changes since the introduction of the Fair Work Act. The Labor governm...
21 December 2023
Bullying back in the spotlight!
Bullying has tended to have taken a bit of a ‘back seat’ following all the recent publicity around the Respect@Work chan...
18 December 2023
The pre-Christmas period is busy as usual. . .but is your workplace too busy to be Psychosocially safe this year?
All businesses experience the pre-Christmas rush. Workplaces seek to ‘clear the decks’ before they ‘deck the halls’ with...
14 December 2023
Fixed and Maximum Term Contract restrictions have started... for most
For most businesses, the restrictions on the use of fixed and maximum term contracts have already become operative as of...
12 December 2023
You can terminate employment for not meeting reasonable KPIs
FWC has confirmed the long held understanding that failing to meet reasonable KPIs will be a valid reason for dismissal ...
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