Businesses are terrified of unfair dismissal cases. For many it can be an administrative burden. If they want to get rid of an employee, …
Businesses are terrified of unfair dismissal cases. For many it can be an administrative burden. If they want to get rid of an employee, …
A hospital has now lost an unfair dismissal case twice, even as it appealed the original decision, in a case which demonstrates why small bu…
While newly re-crowned Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has declared the Fair Work Act strikes a good balance for business, industry has rejected h…
Despite employers’ protests they don’t have enough time to understand all the various pay rates and awards, a Fair Work Ombudsman ruling…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against two businesses, one based in Tasmania and one in Victoria, for significantly under…
The former operators of a Melbourne school canteen have been fined $24,288 for underpaying four employees. Unger Catering Services, speci…
The Fair Work Commission has been given $21.4 million in the budget to crack down on workplace bullying, and the Ombudsman has been given mo…
It’s a small business owner’s worst nightmare – an unfair dismissal case. One of the biggest complaints among small businesses is …
In a bizarre case of mismanagement, the Fair Work Ombudsman has ordered a retail worker be awarded more than $34,000 after discovering he wa…
The business community is outraged by the Fair Work Commission’s decision to deny any reduction in weekend penalty rates for retail and fast…
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…
