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Two shift workers who were made redundant after rejecting offers to relocate and change their shift rosters have had their entitlement to redundancy pay preserved by the Fair Work Commission (FWC), after the employer had applied to reduce it to nil.

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.

A recent case found an employer breached privacy laws by sharing an employee’s medical information with staff, despite claiming workplace health and safety obligations. The exemption for employee records under the Privacy Act 1988 didn’t apply, resulting in the employer paying compensation.

If an employee dies, who receives any outstanding wages? Learn about death of an employee policies and the tax implications of transferring entitlements.

Siobhann Provost

Many workplaces require employees to undertake hazardous manual tasks. It is important for employers to be familiar with the relevant legislation.