It was open to conclude that an employer would keep losing clients if its former employee wasn't restrained from using its confidential information at his new workplace, the Federal Court has ruled.
A worker can pursue her claim that she was unfairly sacked for receiving a COVID-19 vaccination, after the Fair Work Commission found she was an employee, not an independent contractor.
After hiring two employees from its competitor Employsure, HR software company Elmo has won one dispute and lost the other over whether the post-employment restraints in their contracts were reasonable.
The Fair Work Commission has 'closed its eyes' to certain realities about a contracting relationship, in upholding an organisation's appeal against a finding that a delivery rider was an employee with unfair dismissal rights.
A recent ruling has highlighted ongoing difficulties in determining employee/contractor disputes, despite the High Court's clarification earlier this year.
A manager's post-employment restraints were far tighter than what was necessary to protect an employer's interests, a court has ruled in denying it interim relief.
An employer wasn't "disingenuous or tokenistic" in offering to find further engagements for an employee it removed from a client's site, the Fair Work Commission has accepted in dismissing his claim.
An employer has defended its decision not to renew a manager's employment contract, after it received negative feedback from his colleagues and discovered he'd failed to escalate serious cultural issues.
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