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: 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: 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...
Date: 26 Mar 2012, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Discrimination, Harassment
In 2011 a number of amendments were made to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (the Act) that strengthened the protections available in regards to workplace...
Date: 12 Jul 2011, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, Discrimination, Harassment, Industrial Relations, Unfair Dismissal
Workers in Australia are afforded many rights that prevent employers, or their fellow employees from taking adverse action against anyone who chooses to...
Date: 11 Apr 2011, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Discrimination, Harassment
Australian workplace legislation is comprehensive in regards to the protections that it affords workers when it relates to discrimination in the workplace....
