by Jackson Downer | Dec 6, 2023 | Employment Law
What are fixed term contracts? As the name suggests a fixed term contract is an employment contract that applies for a specified period of time and comes to an end automatically at the end of that period. This period of time is typically defined in the... 
by Jackson Downer | Nov 22, 2023 | Employment Law
In this week’s blog we look at deeds of releases with reference to a recent Federal Court Case in which a former employee had his litigation thrown out of court after it was found that the deed of release he had signed acted as a bar from bringing any proceedings.... 
by Jackson Downer | Nov 8, 2023 | Employment Law
In this week’s blog we look at sexual harassment under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth)(Sex Discrimination Act) with reference to a recent Federal Court Case in which a company was found to be vicariously liable when its sole director sexually harrassed an... 
by Jackson Downer | Oct 25, 2023 | Casual employees
In this week’s article we look at the question of whether you can change the status of an employee’s employment such as from full-time or part-time to casual. This was the subject of a recent decision of the Fair Work Commission which we discuss further below. Why... 
by Jackson Downer | Oct 11, 2023 | Employment Law
In this week’s article we take a look at two recent employment law cases that were heard concurrently by the Fair Work Commission. The central issue in these cases was whether the two employees were “dismissed” under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (‘Fair Work Act’) and...