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A national childcare and education company will pay $16,000 compensation to a former manager of one its Melbourne centres after contravening workplace laws by failing to return the employee to her position after maternity leave. Read More

If an employee has been on workers compensation during the probationary period / minimum employment period, is this time counted for the purposes of bringing an unfair dismissal application? Read More

Much has been said and written about changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 that will result in an avenue of immediate redress for bullied workers, for the first time in Australia’s history. Given the uncertainty around the likely impact of these changes, which take effect on 1 January 2014, organisations should take to protect themselves from being one of the early “sacrificial lambs” as the new laws’ boundaries are tested.  Read More

Employees are taking 8.93 days sick and carers leave each per year, according to a new survey — with illness and family responsibilities being the primary reasons. Read More

The Victorian Government’s long service leave calculator has recently been updated.  It sits on the Business Victoria website as part of a comprehensive set of tools and information for small and medium businesses. Read More

Dismissing an employee for accessing, sending, receiving or storing pornography at the workplace may not be as simple as it once was, following a recent decision of a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission, where a majority has made it clear that pornography offences will not automatically amount to misconduct justifying dismissal. Read More

The Federal Circuit Court has awarded a manager $32,000 compensation after finding her employer took unlawful adverse action when it issued her with a final written warning for leaving early to pick up her son, transferred her against her wishes, and dismissed her by demoting her.  Read More

The Fair Work Commission has refused to allow a worker to put recordings of two meetings she had with her managers into evidence to prove that she was dismissed and did not resign, ruling that they were most likely obtained improperly or in contravention of the law. Read More

Under the banner of Asahi Premium Beverages, we are bringing together the Schweppes Australia licensed sales team with the Independent Distillers team to deliver outstanding customer service to the licensed market. For more information please click here.  Read More

An employer has been ordered to pay $300,000 in damages after failing to adequately respond to bullying complaints from an employee over a five-year period. Read More