by Simon Obee | Jan 11, 2019 | Fair Work Compliance, Human Resources, Services
On 17 December 2018 the Fair Work Commission made a decision regarding abandonment of employment clauses in modern awards. Earlier in the year the Commission had determined to remove the abandonment of employment clauses in the six modern awards in which they...
by Simon Obee | Jan 8, 2019 | Fair Work Compliance, Workplace
Employers are frequently found to have unfairly dismissed employees when, despite having a valid reason to dismiss an employee, they have failed to follow a “procedurally fair” process to reaching the decision to dismiss. Procedural fairness Procedural fairness has a...
by Simon Obee | Dec 19, 2018 | Cafe & Restaurant, Disability & Aged Care, Fair Work Compliance, Fast Food, Hospitality, Legal, Mining & Construction, Professional Services, Retail
On 18 December 2018 the Government varied the Fair Work Regulations 2009 to allow employers, in certain circumstances, to offset the casual loading paid to an employee against certain entitlements that may otherwise be owed to the employee if they are found in the...
by Simon Obee | Dec 18, 2018 | Cafe & Restaurant, Fair Work Compliance, Hospitality, Human Resources, NEWS
On 12 December 2018, as part of its four yearly review of modern awards, the Fair Work Commission determined to make several amendments to the Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2010 (“Hospitality Award”) and the Restaurant Industry Award 2010 (“Restaurant Award”)....
by Simon Obee | Nov 26, 2018 | Fair Work Compliance, Human Resources, Legal
Employers should be aware that all modern awards will be amended from 1 December 2018 to include a new flexible working clause. The new clause supplements the rules in section 65 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) that already allow employees with at least 12...
