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We discuss the relevant factors to be considered based on the Fair Work Act and the National Employment Standards.

A university academic who had been off work for 13 months due to illness deliberately thwarted her employer’s attempts to establish whether she was fit to return to work. Read on to find out the details.

Does an apprenticeship count towards service if an employee took a break after completing his training?

In these two cases, employers attempted to argue that they were not responsible for employees' psychological injuries. Were they right?

The National Employment Standards (NES) are the main source of entitlement for personal/carer’s leave.

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.

Making the penalty fit the offence was the focus of a case where the employer had failed to check its obligations in relation to payment of an employee for his accrued annual leave, on termination of his employment.

If trams run late, can you shorten an employee's meal break? Read on to find out what this employer did.

This Q&A article explores whether employees can demand an enterprise agreement and outlines the circumstances under which bargaining may commence.

Sam Cahill Senior Associate | Australian Business Lawyers and Advisors (ABLA) Sam joined ABLA in 2018 and has over nine years of experience advising and assisting organisations with various employment matters, including workplace relations and employment l