The Federal Government has released its long-awaited response to a Fair Work Act review, committing to further consideration of the fixed-term contract limits and encouraging sector-specific efforts to pursue exceptions.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected that an employee's fourth consecutive fixed-term contract was excluded from the Fair Work Act's limitations, finding he was dismissed.
The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by two employees who were ordered to pay a former employer $270k in damages, after breaching their contractual restraints and soliciting its clients.
After assuring an HR practitioner that her continuity of service wouldn't be broken when she transitioned from permanent to casual, an employer has nonetheless defeated her subsequent unfair dismissal claim by relying on an 11-day gap between her contracts.
A manager's fixation on workplace bullying meant he overlooked his employer's financial reasons for dismissing him as part of a leadership overhaul, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled, in rejecting his adverse action claim.
What defines a contingent worker remains "as clear as mud", according to a lawyer, who says employers must nonetheless step up their compliance efforts in line with increasing regulator activity.
A general protections claimant can't proceed with her action against an employer she hadn't begun working for, after the Fair Work Commission found the parties had entered a binding contract, but there wasn't yet an employment relationship capable of being terminated.
The Federal Circuit Court has refused to lift an employee's suspension without pay during his investigation for misconduct, despite the employer's "inordinate delay" indicating a likelihood of unlawful adverse action.
Being unable to locate an employee's contract didn't mean an employer had breached the Fair Work Act or Regulations, the Federal Court has ruled in upholding an employer's appeal.
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