Overtime practices adopted by employees without authorisation can take on "a life of their own", a lawyer warns following a class action ruling that has "broad" implications for employers.
A group of employees who worked overtime "regularly and extensively" without obtaining formal permission did so with "implied" authorisation, a court has found.
Cisco has taken out the top spot on the Great Place to Work list, for the fourth year in a row, and Adobe has been recognised as the best medium-sized employer. Meanwhile, the gender pay gap continues to shrink.
Employees are becoming more "energised" to advocate for their workplace rights and the Fair Work Commission's first equal pay ruling has important lessons on preventing and defending these types of claims, a lawyer says.
The Fair Work Commission has accepted a female employee was paid less than her male colleagues performing the same work, in its first ruling involving an application for equal pay under the FW Act.
An employer has failed in its bid to conceal a client list in its new enterprise agreement, after the Fair Work Commission found this could potentially lead to breaches of pay secrecy prohibitions.
Suncorp has backpaid almost $32 million to underpaid workers and entered an enforceable undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman, after inconsistently applying a clause in its enterprise agreements.
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