Small businesses have been reminded to follow unfair dismissal procedures to the letter, following a recent case in which an employee was fo…
Small businesses have been reminded to follow unfair dismissal procedures to the letter, following a recent case in which an employee was fo…
More changes to the Fair Work Act to give the Fair Work Commission more power will be announced by the federal government today. The chan…
A successful appeal of a recent unfair dismissal case in which a childcare worker was fired after leaving a child unattended has highlighted…
Under an Abbott government, the Productivity Commission could be charged with overhauling workplace laws, but penalty rates will remain unch…
Just as businesses were getting used to the idea of the federal government’s maternity leave scheme, experts are warning SMEs to stay on top…
Businesses have been warned to ensure any redundancies they make are genuine and follow the steps set out by the Fair Work Act, following a …
The former owners of an Ali Baba kebab chain store have been fined $136,000 and forced to back-pay a worker over $50,000, in yet another cas…
Businesses have been urged to actually be a part of any unfair dismissal claim against them, following a decision by the Fair Work Commissio…
As we head inexorably towards the federal election this September one of the issues that should get more attention is industrial relations. …
The small business community has been slugged with yet another proposed change to the Fair Work system, in the most volatile week for the wo…
On February 5, Grace Collier, an IR consultant contracted by builder Tedra, negotiated her way past the picket line at the City Water West p…
Business leaders have criticised the federal government’s proposal to have workplace bullying complaints heard by the Fair Work Commission, …
