Bullying is against the law (see last week’s blog) and as a manager you MUST take responsibility to ensure your team are behaving appropriat…
Bullying is against the law (see last week’s blog) and as a manager you MUST take responsibility to ensure your team are behaving appropriat…
Three questions should always be asked in OHS. First, who gets injured? Second, who can prevent that injury? Finally, who will be prosecuted…
Not long after the introduction of the Keating Government’s 1993 Industrial Relations Reform legislation, the then Minister, Laurie Brereton…
Fair Work Australia has reinstated a dismissed Department of Defence employee despite finding that the employee had breached the Australian …
When a business launches a new website there is typically some fanfare. Congratulatory emails abound. Executives make laudatory announcement…
Harmonisation has a benign sound. However, the reality is something entirely different. The Model Act, if not amended will become law in Dec…
Who invented free trade? Was it the British Economist David Ricardo (whose masterful explanation of the principles of comparative advantage …
The Government’s draft of the new universal occupational health and safety laws contains loopholes that could open up businesses to civil li…
“I’m from the Government and I’m here to help you” or is that “I’m from the Government, and I know all about you”? We’ve all heard about ho…
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has attacked the Australian Council of Trade Unions, claiming it is using misleading informa…
The Fair Work Act will have unexpected consequences for employers around their usual negotiations with employees and prospective employees, …
The introduction of new disability discrimination laws will increase the obligations of employers to help staff who are returning from stres…