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13.12.2020
Everything else is just a bonus: employment contracts and discretionary incentive schemes
Bonuses and incentive schemes can be extremely successful in driving individual employee performance and overall business performance. A significant amount of work can go into crafting such a scheme – from market predictions to setting appropriate ...
13.12.2020
Court penalises accountant for involvement in employer’s failure to keep employee records
The Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth) (FW Regulations) impose a number of obligations on employers with respect to the making and keeping of employee records and pay slips. The FW Regulations set out what records an employer is required to hold and the ...
13.12.2020
G8 Education tells investors it has enough cash to cover underpayment
Listed childcare centre owner G8 Education says it has enough cash on hand to cover an underpayment bill for 27,000 workers that could stretch to as much as $80 million. Following a compliance audit, G8 found it had been paying under the award since July ...
06.12.2020
CFMEU pushing to reduce temperature threshold for construction workers
Union ups pay claims, wants to stop construction when temperature tops 30C as summer heatwave kicks in The CFMEU is reportedly pushing to lower the heat threshold for construction workers, in a move critics say would effectively shut down work for the ...
06.12.2020
Construction zone: FWC upholds objection to constructive dismissal claim
In order to access the unfair dismissal jurisdiction, an employee must be “dismissed” from their employment by the employer. One of the instances in which an employee may be “dismissed” from their employment is if they were forced to resign because of ...
06.12.2020
Goodbye, work from home
Despite the remote-work revolution spurred by the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, many law firms are pushing staff to come back to the office. Many firms are working on a model that will allow staff to work from home only two days per week. Some larger ...