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Thinking| 21 Aug 2018
Recent Fair Work Commission decisions have confirmed that employers must meet strict technical requirements before enterprise agreements will be approved. Once an employer has reached an agreement with employees regarding a proposed enterprise agreement, the employer must apply to the ...
Thinking| 24 Jul 2018
On 28 June 2018, the Modern Slavery Bill 2018 (Cth) (Bill) was introduced into Federal Parliament. The introduction of the Bill follows a parliamentary inquiry which took place last year. The Bill aims to minimise modern slavery practices in the Australian market by ...
Thinking| 07 May 2018
The recent Fair Work Commission decision in George Talevski v Chalmers Industries Pty Ltd1 remind employers that they have a duty to protect employees against the inappropriate conduct in the workplace. In this unfair dismissal case, the applicant was dismissed ...
Thinking| 02 May 2018
Employers may be forgiven for thinking they’re entitled to make a call on conflicting medical evidence when it comes to deciding on whether an employee has the capacity to fulfil the inherent requirements of the job. After all, that ...
Thinking| 14 Sep 2016
In August a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission upheld the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union’s (AMWU) appeal in a decision that will have an impact on workplaces nationwide.1 The majority of a three-member Full Bench considered the redundancy ...