The involvement of dedicated HR specialists had an "adverse" impact on the procedures an employer followed when sacking a worker, and warranted an order for maximum compensation, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Despite concerns about her "seriously disrespectful" conduct, an employer has lost a dispute about converting an employee to a permanent role, with the Fair Work Commission finding it backed out of "unequivocal" commitments.
Despite an agreement not to pay out a worker's entitlements between the end of one contract and the start of another, his continuous service was "broken" during this four-day period, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A decision that found an employee was dismissed when her fixed-term contract was allowed to "meander to its conclusion" highlights the need for employers to "exercise caution" in this area, a lawyer stresses.
'Same job, same pay' claims have been driving wage gains at a level far greater than government forecasts, according to a new report, but a labour hire authority questions the merit of its "broad conclusions".
In one of the first tests of the Fair Work Act's fixed-term contract restrictions, the Fair Work Commission has found a senior HRBP's third contract was for a substantially different role and therefore didn't breach the provisions.
The new 'unfair contracts' jurisdiction cannot deal with disputes about the conduct of parties to a contract, the Fair Work Commission has clarified in dismissing a home-care contractor's claim.
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