An employee's view that her employment record should get a "clean slate" as part of an unfair dismissal settlement was not enough to prompt the Fair Work Commission to interfere with the agreement.
Two workers who settled unfair dismissal actions have failed to convince the Fair Work Commission their agreements didn't also prevent them from pursuing underpayment claims against their employer.
An employer has a reasonably arguable case that a former employee breached his contract's confidential information and post-employment terms, the Federal Court has ruled in imposing interlocutory restraints.
Some employers are warning against "heavy-handed" efforts to regulate the use of non-compete clauses, while other parties say a ban is appropriate for employees unless they're high-income earners or holding senior roles.
It's always important to review and update employment contracts, but this is especially so following the raft of legislative changes over the past year. Watch this HR Daily Premium webcast to ensure your knowledge is up to date.
Depending on an employee's role and contacts, a LinkedIn post about starting a new role can constitute a breach of their post-employment obligations, a workplace lawyer says.
An employer has a "sufficiently strong" case against a former manager who it claimed breached his employment contract by using its confidential information to solicit clients away to a competitor, the Federal Court has ruled.
A company could potentially have avoided litigation if it had responded to a warning that its new employee was breaching his confidentiality and non-compete obligations to his former employer, a court has found.
A manager and his "alter ego" company have been ordered to pay his former employer $474k, after a court found he breached his fiduciary duty not to use his position for personal gain.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.
