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The effects of coronavirus have been devastating for some non-employing business owners who have lost their businesses overnight, whilst others are still going for now but struggling financially with a reduced customer base.

Read how a dispute with a landlord led to an unfair dismissal case, where an employee was forced to take annual leave and eventually terminated without warning.

When a stack of gyprock fell on a carpenter, a court found his lifelong disabilities were caused by the employer’s negligence in storing gyprock sheets vertically, and awarded the carpenter $650K in damages.

Risk assessment is a useful tool to help you foresee and manage potential threats to your business before they occur.

Last updated: 9:12am 9 April 2020

Reliance on dodgy attendance records plus lack of procedural fairness led to unfair dismissal.

A bank officer who sent over 50 disrespectful text messages to his manager has lost his unfair dismissal claim. The Fair Work Commission ruled that the texts, which posed a psychosocial risk to the manager, justified his termination despite being sent outside work hours.

Many employers think it's obvious when an employee is engaged in misconduct or isn’t meeting performance standards. But without a clear policy outlining expectations, a business exposes itself to unnecessary risks. 

Many businesses have asked employees to work remotely in response to the uncertainties surrounding the coronavirus outbreak. This can be a challenge, especially if employees have never worked from home before.

Elise has lived experience of domestic and family violence and is passionate about influencing systems-level change to increase safety, prevent violence, and healing for victim-survivors.