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How to hire senior B2B sales staff
Given the average cost of getting it wrong amounts to $100,00 to $150,000, let alone the organisational stress and lost opportunity, it’s important to take a strategic approach to hiring great salespeople.
Income protection payments – does leave still accrue?
If an injured employee is receiving income protection payments, does he continue to accrue annual leave, personal/carer's leave and long service leave?
200+ abusive spam messages ended job
A general manager who bombarded a worker with abusive messages had effectively ended the employment relationship, the FWC has ruled.
Worker reinstated after failing booze test
An employee who downed half a bottle of scotch and later failed a random alcohol test has won his job back.
Psych injury not work-related
A commission has rejected a school worker's claims that her employment was a major contributor to her psychiatric disorder.
Can employers refuse requests for annual leave?
We discuss the relevant factors to be considered based on the Fair Work Act and the National Employment Standards.
Academic thwarted efforts to establish work fitness
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.
Long service leave – does apprenticeship count as service?
Does an apprenticeship count towards service if an employee took a break after completing his training?
Were psych injuries due to grog or personal matters?
In these two cases, employers attempted to argue that they were not responsible for employees' psychological injuries. Were they right?
Personal and carer's leave
The National Employment Standards (NES) are the main source of entitlement for personal/carer’s leave.