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Record penalty imposed on employer
Record penalty imposed on employer The Federal Circuit Court has imposed a record penalty of $660,000 on an employer after finding that a worker, an Afghani refugee with limited English, had not been [...]
Record penalty imposed on employer
Record penalty imposed on employer The Federal Circuit Court has imposed a record penalty of $660,000 on an employer after finding that a worker, an Afghani refugee with limited English, had not been [...]
National Minimum Wage – increase from 1 July 2017
National Minimum Wage – increase from 1 July 2017 From 1 July 2017, a new national minimum wage of $694.90 per week/ $18.29 per hour will take effect. Award wages will increase by 3.3 [...]
Procedural Fairness and the Decision-Making Process
Procedural Fairness and the Decision-Making Process In the past 50 years, procedural fairness has emerged as a modern application of natural justice. While it is a lofty principle in theory, its application in [...]
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Australasian Association of Workplace Investigators – Inaugural meeting of the Sydney Circle
Australasian Association of Workplace Investigators – Inaugural meeting of the Sydney Circle On 6 June 2017, the inaugural meeting of the Sydney Circle of the Australasian Association of Workplace Investigators was held in [...]
Managing Workplace Conflict Effectively
Managing Workplace Conflict Effectively Conflicts are as much a feature of the Australian workplace as human beings, equipment, furniture and paper. Workplace conflicts range from conflicts over (employer and employee) entitlements, individual [...]
The high price of not keeping confidential information secure: SAI Global Property Division Pty Limited v Johnstone [2016]
The high price of not keeping confidential information secure: SAI Global Property Division Pty Limited v Johnstone [2016] A recent decision of the Federal Court underlines the problematic nature of relying on [...]
The high price of looking the other way
The high price of looking the other way Many human resource professionals and managers are unaware that they can be held personally liable for contraventions of the civil remedy provisions of the Fair Work [...]
Dealing with Workplace Complaints – How to Avoid Formal Investigations
Dealing with Workplace Complaints – How to Avoid Formal Investigations On 28 July 2016 Elizabeth Devine presented a paper to a national employment law conference held at the Palazzo Versace on the [...]
Record penalty for systematic underpayment of staff
Record penalty for systematic underpayment of staff On 20 June 2016, the Federal Circuit Court imposed a record penalty totalling $408,348 on a 7-eleven franchisee. In keeping with the increasing preparedness of the [...]