Employment & Workplace Relations| 15 Sep 2019
On Tuesday 27 August 2019, Western Australian Industrial Relations Minister Bill Johnston announced plans to introduce two industrial manslaughter offences to Parliament before the end of the year.
Employment & Workplace Relations| 15 Sep 2019
The District Court of Western Australia has found in favour of patient Sandy Lazarevski and held that the defendant North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) breached its duty of care by failing to administer a standard blood test and detect an ...
Employment & Workplace Relations| 17 Jun 2019
On 7 June 2019, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) announced that it would not pursue Uber Australia Pty Ltd (Uber Australia) for employee entitlements after finding that Uber drivers are independent contractors and not employees of Uber Australia...
Employment & Workplace Relations| 14 Mar 2019
A steel product manufacturer has been ordered to pay its former employee $130,000 for pain and suffering caused by sexual harassment experienced in the course of her employment (jointly with the perpetrator of the harassment). In addition to this, the company ...