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19.12.2021
Time goes by so slowly: FWC finds that employee’s employment ended at end of fixed term and was not dismissed
Access to the unfair dismissal jurisdiction under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) is on the basis that the employee is “dismissed” from the employment. A jurisdictional objectional can be raised if the employee has not been actually dismissed by ...
12.12.2021
St Peter’s Lutheran College signs EU
St Peter’s Lutheran College in Queensland will back-pay staff more than $2 million and has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman. The college is a non-government, co-educational school with two campuses at ...
12.12.2021
The five most common cybersecurity questions company directors should ask
Cybersecurity has moved rapidly from the backrooms of the IT department into the boardroom, meaning company directors must be aware of their obligations when it comes to protecting the systems and data their organisations rely on. The scope is now ...
12.12.2021
An offer you can refuse: Offers of alternative employment in redundancy cases
In most cases of redundancy, employers have an obligation to consult with affected employees about the proposed redundancy and consider whether or not anything can be done to mitigate or minimise the impact on the employee, such as redeployment or ...
12.12.2021
Personal details of up to 80,000 SA government employees accessed in cyber attack
The names, addresses, dates of birth, tax file numbers and banking details of up to 80,000 State Government employees have been stolen in a massive ransomware cyber attack. Treasurer Rob Lucas this afternoon said that the State Government was told ...
05.12.2021
Unpaid overtime continues to climb
The average Australian employee is losing the equivalent of more than $460 in income every fortnight, new research has found. Australian workers are currently performing an average of 6.13 hours of unpaid overtime each week, representing $125 billion of ...
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