by Simon Obee | Aug 12, 2019 | Fair Work Compliance, Legal
In this Case Update we look at three employment law cases recently heard in the Fair Work Commission. Full details of all the decisions are available on EI Legal’s website. Unfair dismissal: employee conduct can reduce compensation to zero A recent case in the...
by Simon Obee | Jul 1, 2019 | Fair Work Compliance, Legal
Increase to “high income threshold” As of 1 July 2019 the Fair Work Commission has increased the “high income threshold” from $145,400 to $148,700. Employees who earn this amount per year (or an amount over this) are unable to bring a claim in...
by Simon Obee | Jun 24, 2019 | Legal
On 1 July 2019 the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) will be amended to provide greater protection to “whistleblowers” (ie people who disclose corporate wrongdoing and breaches of the tax laws). The changes to the law include an obligation on public companies...
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, 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...
