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12.09.2021
Direction needed: Court finds multiple breaches of general protections provisions
The Federal Circuit Court of Australia (the Court) recently ruled on an application brought by an employee alleging that three respondents had engaged in breaches of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act), including sham contracting and dismissing the ...
05.09.2021
The legal risks for employees working remotely
On the day that we walked away from our offices to begin our home/life work experience, many of us believed it would be temporary. Little did we know that the pandemic would bring major permanent changes to our places of employment and the work locations ...
05.09.2021
Google pushes back return-to-office plan to January 2022
Google will continue offering its employees the option to work from home until next year amid the spread of the Delta variant, its chief executive announced. Sundar Pichai said on Tuesday that its global voluntary return-to-office policy will remain ...
05.09.2021
Commission rejects constructive dismissal claim after finding performance review process did not force employee to resign
For an employee to access the unfair dismissal jurisdiction, they must be “dismissed” from their employment by the employer. In some instances, a resignation can be a “dismissal”, when an employee is forced to resign due to the employer’s conduct. This ...
05.09.2021
Australia’s worst-performing superannuation funds named and shamed
Thirteen Australian superannuation funds have failed the federal government’s inaugural MySuper Product Performance Test, including funds from the Commonwealth Bank and Westpac. The first annual performance results for MySuper products have been released ...
29.08.2021
Sydney’s second city-wide COVID lockdown is hitting jobs harder than its first
The extended lockdowns in Sydney have hit its payroll jobs harder than last year’s lockdowns, with construction jobs hit significantly hard, economists say. Key points: Payroll jobs have fallen 8.9 per cent in Greater Sydney since lockdowns began In the ...
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