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Sex Discrimination – AHRC power to investigate breach of positive duty takes effect
From 12 December 2023 onwards, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has the power to investigate and hold inquiries into employers who allegedly fail to comply with their duties in relation to unlawful sex discrimination. [...]
Strategies for Managing Long-Term Injured Employees
On 10 March 2022, Elizabeth provided an encore presentation of her paper 'Watching the Clock: Strategies for Managing Long-Term Injured Employees'to the Melbourne Employment Law Conference on behalf of the Television Education Network. This paper, [...]
Employee or Contractor? The High Court hands down two decisions
The preeminent focus on dispute resolution in employment law means that Court decisions are relatively rare. February 2022 was remarkable because the High Court handed down two decisions. Both decisions, handed down on 9 February [...]
Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission hands down significant decision about the mandating of vaccination against COVID-19
On 3 December 2021 the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down a significant decision on the fraught topic of the mandating of vaccinations against COVID-19 in a workplace not covered by [...]
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National Minimum Wage – increase from 1 July 2019
National Minimum Wage – increase from 1 July 2019 From 1 July 2019, a new national minimum wage of $740.80 per week/ $19.49 per hour took effect. Award wages will increase by 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 [...]
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 [...]
