The new 'unfair contracts' jurisdiction cannot deal with disputes about the conduct of parties to a contract, the Fair Work Commission has clarified in dismissing a home-care contractor's claim.
In 2025 the employment law landscape will continue to evolve, as the true impact of recent legal reforms becomes clearer, and potentially with further changes to come. Watch this webcast to understand what lies ahead for HR.
Progress has been "disappointing" in the three years since a review of s-xual harassment in the legal sector, according to a new report. Meanwhile, an employer has lost its partial challenge to a union application for 'same job, same pay' orders.
The FWC has no jurisdiction to deal with a casual conversion dispute lodged by an employee whose role was made redundant shortly after she sought to become permanent.
The fact that an employee was over 55 years old and considering retirement didn't mean his employer had to approve his flexible work request, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
Regulated labour hire arrangement orders take effect from today, and the Fair Work Commission has now issued guidelines. But requests for more detail on how to calculate affected workers' new rates remain unaddressed.
Unions have already lodged a significant number of 'same job, same pay' applications, while employers remain in the dark as to how some of the scheme's "difficult issues" will play out, a lawyer says.
One of the most controversial elements of the Closing Loopholes legislation starts today, allowing employees to ignore out-of-hours contact from their employer.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
