by Jackson Downer | Jan 17, 2024 | Employment Law
In this week’s blog post, we look at a recent employment law case heard by Commissioner Allison of the Fair Work Commision. The central issue in this case was whether an employee was considered to be “dismissed” under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Fair Work Act)... 
by Jackson Downer | Dec 20, 2023 | Employment Law
In this week’s blog we look at the current rules around casual conversion with reference to a recent employment law case. We note that the rules regarding casual conversion are subject to change with the introduction of part two of the Closing Loopholes Bill... 
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...