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Carer's leave: what is an 'unexpected emergency'?
Are employees entitled to paid leave if they unexpectedly have to leave work to collect a child from school? Learn more about carer’s leave here.
Transfer of business
There are many employment issues to deal with when a business is transferred from one employer to another. Read what you need to do.
How to terminate during the probation period
A probation period allows an employer to assess whether someone is suitable for a role. But what if things don’t work out?
Can you insist employees stay at work for lunch?
Employees often leave the workplace during a lunch break, but can you insist they don’t?
Work, mental health and COVID-19
How are we coping with mental health and what can we do to cope better? Read on to find out the details from Comcare, Beyond Blue and the Future of Work Institute speakers.
What are the rules for smoking at work
We have almost all got to the stage of being a bit shocked when we see people in movies or TV series set in the 1980s or earlier smoking indoors, at work. Read on to find out what’s acceptable in the workplace now.
Bullying or reasonable management action? Commission decides
When a worker was subject to extended monitoring of his job performance, he felt he was being bullied and applied for a 'stop bullying’ order. Read why the FWC decided in favour of the employer.
Dismissal was unfair despite valid reason
Multiple shortcomings in a technician’s job performance plus alleged ‘time fraud’ got him sacked, but he succeeded in his unfair dismissal claim. Check out the reasons for the FWC’s finding.
Do employers have to provide employee meals?
Most awards require that employers provide meals or a meal allowance for employees who work overtime. Find out more information about employee meals here.
Standing down employees: what does it really mean?
No matter the size of the organisation, the decision to stand down is never lightly taken and because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses may soon need to make this decision quickly, if they have not already.