A new ruling on whether a casual was entitled to claim unfair dismissal indicates a significant "shift" in the Fair Work Commission's approach, an employment lawyer says.
Some of the certainty employers welcomed around casual employment is now in doubt given the new Federal Government's 'job security' platform, an employment lawyer says.
The Fair Work Commission has slammed an employer for allowing an "archaic" enterprise agreement, which denied employees penalty rates, to operate for more than two decades.
In light of the federal election outcome, employers must now "buckle in" for some major shifts in industrial relations and other employment matters. Watch this webcast to understand what to expect.
The Fair Work Commission has provisionally ruled that modern awards should provide employees with an entitlement to paid family and domestic vi-lence leave.
A "fundamentally unreasonable" misconduct investigation has revealed an employer's culture as "one where management protects itself by finding scapegoats to appease complaint or criticism", according to the Fair Work Commission.
