Supreme Court Clarifies when an Employee is Absent and when an Employee is on Leave
The Full Bench of the Supreme Court, in a majority judgment, in Flinders Ports Pty Ltd v Woolford [2015] SASCFC 6 has clarified what it means to be on “unpaid leave”. This decision involved an…
Receivership: Post Appointment Employee Entitlements
To pay or not to pay? That is the question
Workplace and Employment Law - Significant Events & Predictions
Significant events in 2014 and predictions for 2015
Alert: Appointments Announced to Workers Compensation and Employment Tribunals
The State Government yesterday announced in the South Australian Government Gazette the following two new appointments to the Workers Compensation Tribunal and the Employment Tribunal: Deputy…
Strike First To Go
The Coalition’s Fair Work Amendment (Bargaining Processes) Bill 2014 was recently read for a second time in the House of Representatives. The Bill seeks to introduce changes to the bargaining process…
Workers’ Compensation Reform in South Australia
The Return to Work Bill 2014 (SA) is currently under debate in State Parliament. The Bill is intended to deliver the deepest reform of workers’ compensation in South Australia since 1986. The…
High Court Rules on Implied Term of Mutual Trust and Confidence
Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker [2014] HCA 32.
Mitigating the Risk of Sexual Harassment
As Richardson v Oracle has just shown, a policy alone isn’t always enough to prevent serious human and financial consequences. In February 2013, in the matter of Richardson v Oracle Corporation…
Sexual Harassment Just Got Much More Expensive!
In a recent appeal decision - Richardson v Oracle Corporation Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 82 – the Full Bench of the Federal Court awarded significant damages for pain and suffering / non-economic…
Employers Have a Right to Know!
A recent Federal Court ruling reinforces employers’ rights to seek medical information to satisfy work health & safety obligations.
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