Date: 01 Dec 2016, Filed under: OHS, Discrimination, Harassment, Occupational Health and Safety, Employment Law
It’s the most wonderful time of the year according to the popular jingle by Andy Williams, but for many employers Christmas and Christmas parties are fraught...
Date: 04 Jun 2015, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Discrimination, Occupational Health and Safety
Workplace bullying has garnered a lot of attention in recent years and deservedly so. We spend a significant amount of our waking hours in the workplace,...
Date: 18 Jul 2014, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Discrimination, Harassment
The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia earlier this week handed down a landmark decision concerning the assessment of general damages for victims...
Date: 14 Jan 2014, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, Discrimination, Harassment, Industrial Relations, Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal
Unfair dismissal and unlawful termination are the type of terms that seem pretty self-explanatory, and although most of us have a general understanding...
Date: 05 Nov 2013, Filed under: Discrimination, Industrial Relations
Amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) provide new protections against discrimination on the basis of a person’s sexual orientation, gender...
Date: 13 Jun 2013, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, Discrimination, Industrial Relations, Employment and Human Resources
It may seem counterintuitive that laws exist which exempt certain discriminatory behaviour in regards to employment, but legislation does permit certain...
Date: 14 Dec 2012, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Discrimination, Harassment, Unfair Dismissal, Employment and Human Resources
On 22 November 2012, the Commonwealth Government passed legislation amending the previous equal opportunity Act1 to enact the new Workplace Gender Equality...
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....
Date: 12 Jun 2012, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Discrimination, Harassment, Industrial Relations, Unfair Dismissal
It goes without saying that the workplace should be safe and free from discrimination – and in an ideal world, this would be the case. For the most part,...
Date: 28 May 2012, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, OHS, Discrimination, Harassment, Workplace Privacy, Industrial Relations, Unfair Dismissal
From 1 January 2012, Queensland will have new WHS laws as part of a national system (although not all states have signed up at this stage). The new laws...
