Date: 15 May 2013, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, Industrial Relations, Taxation law
On 1 May 2013, the Government announced that it would increase the Medicare levy by half a percentage point from 1 July 2014 and that the revenue from...
Date: 27 Mar 2013, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, Industrial Relations
Since the “nationalisation” of Australia’s workplace laws, beginning with the Work Choices reforms in March 2006 and
the corresponding “reformation” of...
Date: 01 Feb 2013, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Industrial Relations, Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal
Contracts of employment come to an end on a regular basis either at the direction of the employee or employer. When the contract of employment does come...
Date: 18 Jan 2013, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, Industrial Relations
The Australian Government has released draft exposure legislation which proposes to consolidate the five existing Commonwealth anti-discrimination laws...
Date: 10 Jan 2013, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, Industrial Relations
A number of changes to the Fair Work Act came into effect on 1 January 2013. The changes respond to 53 mainly technical recommendations to improve the...
Date: 08 Jan 2013, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, OHS, Industrial Relations, Employment and Human Resources
What happens if it's too hot to work outside in Australia? What should employers do for employees?
Date: 30 Nov 2012, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, Industrial Relations
The Federal Magistrates’ Court has ordered an employer to reinstate a worker who was dismissed after he refused to work compulsory rostered overtime.
The...
Date: 22 Nov 2012, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, Industrial Relations, Employment and Human Resources
Companies often fail to adopt human resource practices that would improve financial performance. Here's why they should not underestimate the importance...
Date: 02 Nov 2012, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, Industrial Relations, Consumer Bankruptcy & Insolvency, Employment and Human Resources
The Federal Magistrates Court recently found that an undischarged bankrupt was unable to seek compensation or a financial penalty against a former employer...
Date: 18 Sep 2012, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, OHS, Discrimination, Harassment, Workplace Privacy, Industrial Relations, Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal, Employment and Human Resources
A landmark decision delivered in the High Court of Australia last week will be welcome news to employers facing claims of adverse action from employees....
