Employment & Workplace Relations| 21 Mar 2016
Butterworth v Independence Australia Services (Human Rights) [2015] VCAT 2056 (22 December 2015).
Employment & Workplace Relations| 02 Mar 2016
In a step which serves as a warning to all professional advisers, the Fair Work Ombudsman (Ombudsman) has issued proceedings against an accountant for knowingly being involved in its client’s contraventions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act).
Employment & Workplace Relations| 25 Feb 2016
The Attorney General, the Honourable George Brandis QC, has announced an inquiry into elder abuse. The inquiry is into the laws and frameworks in place to safeguard older Australians from abuse.
Employment & Workplace Relations| 23 Feb 2016
The occurrence of assaults allegedly perpetrated against residents in aged care has risen by 10% in one year.
Thinking| 19 Jan 2016
The aged-care sector has experienced larger than average wage growth in 2015.