SEARCH RESULTS

If a business is unsure about employing a worker after a probation period, can it extend the probation period?

The 2024 Work Health and Safety report from Safe Work Australia highlights progress and ongoing challenges in workplace safety, with key statistics on fatalities, injuries, and mental health claims underscoring the need for continued vigilance.

Read about an employer who disregarded how a worker might feel about having her photo used.

This case raises the issue of whether employers can make vaccination an inherent requirement of a position. 

Was a mining company vicariously liable for injuries caused by an employee’s breach of his duty of care, and was it entitled to indemnity from a labour hire company’s insurer? Check out the court’s reasoning.

A senior manager at Aldi is claiming the supermarket chain discriminated against him on the ground of sex by denying him access to parental leave.

An employee dismissed without reason after refusing unpaid overtime was awarded eight weeks' pay by the Fair Work Commission. The case highlights the necessity of following procedural fairness in dismissals.

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

The Fair Work Commission awarded 12 weeks' pay to an Accounts Manager dismissed after losing his driving licence, ruling that driving was not an inherent job requirement and the dismissal was procedurally unfair.