A casual employee's continuous service was broken when she complied with her employer's direction to resign before going on holidays, and then sign a new contract on her return, the FWC has ruled.
An employer has defended an unfair dismissal claim from an on-hire worker who was banned from a host site, in a ruling that 'respectfully disagrees' with similar cases with the opposite outcome.
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An employee has been granted an extension of time to pursue his unfair dismissal claim partly because his employer's HR team dragged its feet on responding to his enquiries.
EVPs for contractors have traditionally been "very neglected", but this is an area organisations will have to focus on as highly skilled candidates become more selective with where they work.
Arrangements "camouflaged" an organisation's ability to control its workforce but its capacity for control pointed to an employment rather than contracting relationship, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
An employee has failed to prove her public scrutiny concerns warranted removing her name from an FWC ruling. Also in this article, a casual has lost her appeal for greater unfair dismissal compensation; and more.
An employer has asked the Fair Work Commission to clarify whether casual loading specifically includes a long service leave component, as it faces down a union claim.
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