17 January 2022
Reasonable requirements of employees prior to their return to work?
Employers are expected to be increasingly vigilant in managing COVID related risks in the workplace particularly when ma...
13 January 2022
Are Rapid Antigen Tests 'good' evidence of incapacity or illness?
Most likely “Yes”. COVID-19 testing generally provides employer with the most valuable information in assisting employe...
12 January 2022
What do we do when an employee won't comply with customer vaccination requirements for site entry?
We have previously discussed ways in which employers can navigate the emerging area of Public Health Directions / Orders...
23 December 2021
Close and Casual Contacts - Rules
The borders have now fully opened up and we are now in a new stage of dealing with COVID –unfortunately just in time for...
13 December 2021
Has the BHP decision regarding mandatory COVID Vaccinations provided clarity?
FWC Full Bench Speaks A 5 member FWC Full Bench on Friday 3 December 2021 handed down its eagerly anticipated decision ...
10 December 2021
Christmas and COVID: Can workplace celebrations still go ahead?
The short answer: yes –but it might look a bit different....
02 December 2021
Termination of Employment for Non-Compliance with Public Health Directions and Employer COVID Vaccination Policy
We previously discussed how to deal with early-stage non-compliance with Public Health Directions/ Orders or an Employer...
19 November 2021
Compliance Update for Employer's Mandatory Vaccination Policy
The activity around COVID-19 vaccinations has not abated. The trend (at this stage) is indicating an increasing number o...
18 November 2021
Compliance Update for Public Health Direction - TAS
Tasmanian businesses are currently dealing with a Public Health Direction compliance deadline of 21 November 2021....
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