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Are employees entitled to pro rata long service leave for time worked beyond 10 years? And how much long service leave do you get after 10 years?

When an employee has moved from full-time to part-time employment, how do you calculate entitlements if the role becomes redundant?

A university lecturer who feared retribution from his students after giving many of them low marks was validly dismissed for refusing to attend an independent medical examination.

If an injured employee is receiving income protection payments, does he continue to accrue annual leave, personal/carer's leave and long service leave?

A probation period allows an employer to assess whether someone is suitable for a role. But what if things don’t work out?

The Federal Court has imposed fines on an employer and a labour-hire firm for taking adverse action against a 70-year old grader operator by refusing to employ him because of his age. The labour hire firm was fined more than twice as much as the employer.

When an employee works overtime without authorisation, they are generally not entitled to payment of overtime or penalty rates.

If a night shift begins on a public holiday but ends on a normal working day, should an employee be paid employee penalty rates?

When a kitchen hand contracted salmonella poisoning from the café where she worked, she blamed her employer and was awarded more than $65K in damages. Read about where the business went wrong.

An employment termination payment (ETP) is a lump sum paid by an employer following termination of an employee.