Queensland’s Labor Government will introduce legislation this month to order the licensing of labour hire companies from next year, setting the precedent for other Labor states such as Victoria and South Australia.
A payroll officer who refused to relocate from Western Australia to take up a human resources role in New South Wales has failed to establish that her resulting redundancy was the result of an unfair dismissal.
As part of the four yearly modern award review, the Full Bench made a number of determinations affecting the rights of casual employees.
The New South Wales Workers Compensation Commission has rejected a claim by the director of Mohammed Javed Pty Ltd, that he was stabbed by his son during the course of his employment, and would therefore be entitled to worker’s compensation payments, medical expenses and lump sum compensation.
The Victorian Government has agreed to adopt the national model Work Health and Safety Act (2011) (Vic) definition of worker and consultation obligations, as recommended by a 2016 inquiry into the labour-hire sector.
In rejecting an appeal launched by Comcare, the Federal Court has lashed out against attempts to cap Whole Person Impairment for enduring headache pain conditions at three (3) percent.
Boroondara City Council has been ordered to pay a terminated former employee almost $8 000 following their decision to ignore a doctor’s plan to conduct a case conference without appropriate justification.
In Romero v Farstad Shipping (Indian Pacific) Pty Ltd (hereafter Romero), the Full Federal Court of Australia was asked to determine whether a workplace policy forms part of the employment relationship, that is, aspirational or contractual in nature? As the case demonstrates, this will depend on the particular factual circumstances of the employment relationship.
The Australian Hotels Association, Accommodation Association of Australia and Pharmacy Guild have withdrawn their proposals to change the term ‘penalty rates’ to ‘additional remuneration’, ahead of a further hearing on the weekend and public holidays penalty rates case.
Far from a mining company’s smoking gun, a recent decision of the Federal Court restrained an employer from using secret footage of an employee making “adverse” and “colourful” remarks about it as part of its subsequent disciplinary investigation.
When it comes to employment litigation and discovery, the protection afforded privilege documents is a hot topic- at least it was in the recent Supreme Court scuffle between Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria and Country Fire Authority.
Recently released data reveals an increasing trend towards employers settling general protections claims for six-figure sums to avoid the risk of uncapped compensation if the cases go to court.