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29.08.2021
Greater Sydney hit hardest by falling payroll figures
The number of people collecting a pay packet across NSW has crashed by more than 7 per cent since the start of lockdowns to bring the latest coronavirus outbreak to heel. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday showed the number of ...
29.08.2021
A slippery slope: WHS rights and adverse action
Under the general protections provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act), employers are prohibited from taking adverse action against an employee (such as dismissing them from employment) because they have a workplace right or because they have ...
22.08.2021
Dairy farm operator penalised
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a $17,500 penalty in court against the operator of a dairy farm in the Toowoomba region, in Queensland. The Federal Circuit Court has imposed the penalty against sole trader Mark Leonard Hess, who operates the M.L. ...
22.08.2021
How to introduce a mandatory vaccination policy
Employers in Australia are beginning to lay their cards on the table as to whether they’ll require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Qantas is the second major Aussie business to publicly announce its new policy mandating all frontline workers ...
22.08.2021
Full Federal Court finds Employsure Google Ads misleading
The Full Federal Court has today unanimously upheld an appeal by the ACCC in relation to Google Ads published by workplace relations advisor Employsure Pty Ltd. The Full Court found that Employsure had breached the Australian Consumer Law by making ...
22.08.2021
Privileged: FWC rejects Applicants’ claim to access investigation documents
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has a broad power under section 590 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) to “inform itself in relation to any manner before it in such manner as it considers appropriate”. Under this general power, the FWC may inform ...