Blogs

• Fair Work Ombudsman penalises for former grocery store operators - Asian grocery store cops fine and back payments to underpaid employees. ...
• Fair Work Ombudsman finds 7-Eleven partnership improves compliance - 7 Eleven pay back $173 million to workers ...
• The Fair Work Ombudsman reports a record $123 million recovered for workers - A big 12 months for the Fair Work Ombudsman. Don't get caught! ...
• Fair Work Commission: Employee fairly dismissed for coughing… - Sacked for coughing in the face of a nurse. ...
• Fair Work Commission: Covert recordings and disciplinary process - Covert recording of conversations breaches trust and confidence. ...
• Fair Work Commission: Labour hire casual employee unfairly dismissed - Casual worker found not to have resigned his employment. ...
• Fair Work Commission: Offensive and Pornographic material found on company iPad leads to dismissal - Porno on company iPad leads to dismissal. ...
• Fair Work Commission: Unfair dismissal/resignation over failing to provide a table - Unfair dismissal application. Alleged forced resignation. Requirement to work from home. Employer refused to provide a home desk. ...
• Fair Work Commission: Refusal of duty ends in unfair dismissal claim - Employee resigns rather than perform duties. Employer unilaterally changes resignation date which make the dismissal unfair. ...
• Fair Work Commission: Costs awarded against ex-employee in unfair dismissal case - Costs awarded against ex-employee in unfair dismissal case. ...
• From the WWW: NSW cop wins battle against unfair dismissal (sexual orientation) - by Sonia Hickey and Ugur Nedim, Sydney Criminal Lawyers   A New South Wales police officer with an untarnished record has won a five year battle to get his job… ...
• From the WWW: Employers held responsible for domestic violence when staff work from home - by Emily Wittig Stacks Law Firm The NSW Court of Appeal has ruled that employers can be held responsible for domestic violence when staff work from home. In a June… ...
• From the WWW: Can you make employees on JobKeeper redundant? - By Fay Calderone and Alexandra Armstrong-Millar The pandemic hasn’t changed redundancies, but organisations should be careful with how they interact with JobKeeper. It’s no surprise that employers have been responding… ...
• From WWW: Wage theft criminalised in Queensland - by Jack Bristed and Annie Smeaton Cooper Grace Ward Following a flood of high profile ‘wage theft' cases, including George Colambaris's Made Establishment, Woolworths, 7Eleven and Qantas, Queensland has followed in… ...
• From WWW: The high price of an unsigned contract - By Aaron Goonrey and Luke Scandrett 22 September, 2020 Here’s how what might have seemed like a minor administrative task cost an employer more than $1.1m. An ASX 100-listed company… ...
• Fair Work Ombudsman recovers wages for stadium cleaners - Fair Work Ombudsman recovers $25,292 in unpaid wages after investigating companies contracted to clean some of the nation’s leading stadiums ...
• Fair Work Ombudsman recovers $100k for Chemist Warehouse workers - Chemist Warehouse resolved 342 individual queries or complaints from employees, with $99,062.98 paid to 118 employees ...
• Fair Work Ombudsman recovers over $160,000 for Korean workers - The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered $161,551 in unpaid wages ...
• Fair Work Commission: 50 steps and still no outcome - 50 “legal steps” leads to “step one” ...
• Fair Work Commission: Union loses redundancy case due to failing to consult - Unions can suffer unfair dismissals like any business. ...