Date: 10 Jul 2017, 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: 27 Jun 2017, Filed under: Redundancy, Employment Law
In certain circumstances, a demotion at work can constitute a redundancy. A role is redundant when an employer no longer requires that particular job in...
Date: 16 Feb 2017, Filed under: Redundancy, Employment Law
Most readers will have a conception of what the term “redundancy” means in relation to employment matters. However, we here at FindLaw love unwrapping...
Date: 31 Jan 2017, Filed under: Drug Offences, Redundancy, Employment Law
In a recent decision, the Fair Work Commission upheld the summary dismissal of a worker who tested positive for cannabis after a car accident, despite...
Date: 25 Aug 2016, Filed under: Redundancy, Employment Law
A full bench of the Fair Work Commission has found that that a period of “regular and systematic” casual service with an employer, followed by a transition...
Date: 19 Nov 2015, Filed under: Redundancy, Superannuation, Employment Law
When corporations become insolvent or bankrupt, employees generally suffer greatly because not only will they no longer have jobs, but they would also...
Date: 20 Mar 2015, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Redundancy
Investigating misconduct complaints in the workplace remains a difficult task for employers. However, there have recently been a number of cases in the...
Date: 28 Jan 2015, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal
It is not uncommon to be confronted with a situation where a senior employee has to have their employment contract terminated for reasons other than misconduct....
Date: 15 Oct 2014, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Redundancy
Redundancy is an area that no one likes to think about, let alone manage. However, learning how to carry out a lawful redundancy process will not only...
Date: 09 Sep 2014, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Industrial Relations, Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal, Employment Law
On 4 September 2014, the Government introduced the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Amendment Bill 2014 to the House of Representatives (Bill). The Bill is...
