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Can we make employees take long service leave?
Businesses need to plan and prepare for when employees take time off. But can employers make workers use their long service leave?
When is travel time included in working hours?
Is time employees spend travelling for work considered ‘ordinary time’ and paid as such?
National WHS strategy launched
Safe Work Australia has released its strategy for 2023–2033.
Excessive hours posed WHS risks
An employer has copped fines totalling almost $100,000 after finding excessive hours exposed a worker to numerous safety risks.
Award changes: wage-related allowances
The Fair Work Commission has issued a decision that changes the way wage-related allowances are calculated in 135 awards.
Public holidays: to request or to require
A Federal Court decision last year means employers must now 'request' employees to work on public holidays.
Sense of connection and contribution have decreased post-pandemic
In what was expected to be a "normal" year, Australians report feeling less connected, valued, and included at work.
FWC backs employer in dispute over clean shave rule
The Fair Work Commission has supported TasWater’s right to insist that employees using respiratory protective masks must be clean shaven where the RPE mask seal touches the face.
I was bullied after parental leave request, claims worker
An employee is claiming adverse action after his employer allegedly put pressure on him not to apply for parental leave, reneged on an agreement to let him work from home instead, and then subjected him to bullying.
Worker loses appeal for having hand down his pants
An employee was sacked for appearing to be masturbating at work and his behaviour towards a manager.