This Insight examines the latest developments in employment law ...

This Insight considers recent developments in Employment Law. ...

In this issue we look at how redundancies can breach enterprise agreement provisions whether union officials can exercise their right of entry entitlements before or after work reasonable notice terms in employment contracts and the processes a labour hire company should follow before dismissing an ...

In this issue we look at a dismissal case emanating from poor behaviour at a company Christmas party the importance of the employment contract in determining whether a reduction in an employees pay and duties results in dismissal an employers difficulty in justifiying a summary dismissal and the ...

An employer's misunderstanding of Latin has had harsh consequences for it in the interpretation of an enterprise agreement. Associate Victoria Eastwood reports. ...

The Full Bench of the FWC decided that an employer's decision to summarily dismiss an employee for calling another worker a 'f***ing scab' during protracted industrial disputation was unfair ...

The Australian Taxation Office (the ATO) has clarified that superannuation will be payable on annual leave loading unless there is evidence that the reason for the loading is connected to a lost opportunity to work overtime. ...

The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission decided that an employer's decision to dismiss an employee with known mental illness issues was fair. ...

In a decision with far-reaching implications for employers, the Full Court of the Federal Court has decided that employees who work 12-hour shifts spread over a 36-hour week are entitled to 10 days of their shifts each year for personal/carer's leave. ...

This Insight examines the latest developments in employment law ...