by Antonia Randles | Sep 24, 2020 | Employment Law, Fair Work Act, Workplace Investigations
Workplace investigations are an important aspect of successfully dealing with employee complaints or in determining whether or not misconduct has occurred. Once it has been decided that a matter will be investigated, it is important to determine the precise scope of a... 
by Simon Obee | Sep 9, 2020 | Employment Law, Fair Work Act, Fair Work Commission
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has wide-ranging powers to attend businesses unannounced to check compliance (and identify compliance issues) with workplace laws. Sometimes the FWO conducts random inspections, other times it visits premises as a result of complaints or... 
by Simon Obee | May 19, 2020 | Employment Law, Fair Work Act, Leave
On 18 May 2020, the Federal Court handed down its decision in Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia & Ors v Qantas Airways Limited [2020] FCA 656 which concerned accessing... 
by Simon Obee | Mar 30, 2020 | Employment Law, Fair Work Act, Modern awards
In almost every area of the law, there have been changes to existing rules and procedures to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic. This is especially true of the employment law sphere, and we set out below some of the key changes to legislation and modern awards... 
by Brandon Turner | Mar 3, 2020 | Casual employees, Employment Law, Fair Work Act
The general protections provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (‘the FW Act’) “protects employees and prospective employees from adverse action by their employer or prospective employer”. Specifically, Section 351 prohibits employers from... 