by Antonia Randles | May 28, 2019 | Fair Work Compliance, Legal
A recent case in the Fair Work Commission has confirmed that poorly drafted employment contracts and workplace policies can expose employers to the risk of an unfair dismissal claim. In Jeremy Lee v Superior Wood Pty Ltd [2019] FWCFB 2946, the Full Bench of the Fair...
by Simon Obee | May 22, 2019 | Human Resources, Legal, Uncategorized, Workplace
A recent Fair Work Commission decision has confirmed employers’ rights to direct employees to attend independent medical assessments and the circumstances in which they can dismiss an employee when the employee unreasonably refuses to do so. The case before the Fair...
by Simon Obee | Apr 28, 2019 | Fair Work Compliance, Human Resources, Legal, Migration
The Fair Work Commission has recently provided guidance on how employers should deal with a situation where an employee appears to have abandoned their employment. In this case the employee successfully argued that he had been unfairly dismissed. See: Orry Thompson v...
by Simon Obee | Mar 19, 2019 | Fair Work Compliance, Legal, Services, Workplace
“Frankly, if one act of inoffensive drunkenness at an after work function provided valid reason for dismissal, I suspect that the majority of Australian workers may have potentially lost their jobs.” Commissioner Cambridge in Trudi Puszka v Ryan Wilks Pty...
by Simon Obee | Mar 14, 2019 | Fair Work Compliance, Human Resources, Legal, Workplace
“The proper role of a human resources department is to sit between impulsive managers baying for dismissal and the obligation of an employer to ensure procedural fairness.” – Deputy President Anderson in McCouaig v Colliers International (SA) Pty Ltd T/A Colliers...
by Simon Obee | Feb 25, 2019 | Fair Work Compliance, KB Fair Work Act, Legal, Services
The Case In the recent Federal Court case of Lacson v Australian Postal Corporation [2019] FCA 51 the court upheld an earlier ruling that an Australian Post worker, working in two different roles for his employer, had two separate employments. This meant that his...
