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While many of us enjoy a barbie and a beer on Australia Day, others may be required to work. But what if employees won't play ball? Can you force them to work on a public holiday?

When it comes to backdated medical certificates, employers must take care. Read more here about how the Fair Work Commission has dealt with them.

Paying your staff correctly and giving them the right entitlements like leave and penalty rates is a critical obligation of any employer.

Siobhann Provost

How long can you keep someone on leave without pay to accommodate their incapacity if they’re unable to perform the inherent requirements of the job?

When a diamond trader sacked a woman for wanting to take sick leave because she’d been diagnosed with cancer and needed surgery, he broke the law.

If an employee has an unauthorised absence the day before or after a public holiday, do you have to pay for the holiday?

Burnout and overwork can sometimes feel synonymous with the leadup to the holiday season. How can you (and your work) go about reducing this? 

The Fair Work Commission ruled that a text message composed using ChatGPT to terminate a legal assistant's employment was a termination at the employer's initiative, not abandonment, as the employee was legitimately on leave.