The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee was targeted for redundancy because of his workplace safety activities, finding his evidence "inconceivable", "speculative" and "weak".
The hotly debated casuals provisions in the IR omnibus Bill "strike an appropriate balance" for employers and employees, a Senate Committee says in recommending the legislation be passed.
The Fair Work Commission has questioned an employer's lack of insight into its contingent workforce, while stressing an obligation to redeploy redundant labour hire workers to its new project prior to engaging others.
The case for a universal portable entitlements scheme is now 'impossible to responsibly ignore', according to a new report. Also in this article: Victoria proposes IR changes to discrimination, labour hire laws, and the IR omnibus Bill passes the lower house.
More disputes over workers' employment status and entitlements are now headed to the High Court, after it granted an employer and union special to leave to appeal prior rulings.
HR has never been so challenged, important and busy, with no signs of slowing down. In this webcast, a lawyer discusses the most pressing issues HR professionals are likely to face during 2021 and how to prepare for them.
Uber Eats' new contracts have been criticised for 'gagging' workers from speaking out about the company and its practices. Also in this article, a new HR consultancy has opened its doors; another underpayments enforceable undertaking; and more.
The Full Federal Court's ruling in Rossato v WorkPac is effectively a "warrant" for employees to double-dip on wages, and suggests "justice and the law... have parted company", the employer is arguing before the High Court.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.