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Pizza company’s HR manager made supreme errors when dismissing an employee

Mike Toten

How do we manage annual leave liability?

Some long-serving employees may accrue excessive annual leave. How can an employer legally manage large amounts of annual leave? Learn more here.

Less than 50% of women in the workforce work full-time at every age

Siobhann Provost

My Business How We Help Be a better employer Managing risk

Sex-discrimination settlement upheld

Comcare is not entitled to recover compensation payments from a worker who received a $1.25m sex-discrimination settlement, despite its claim the worker was ‘double-dipping’, a court has ruled.

My Business How We Help Be a better employer Managing risk

Young father crushed in conveyor: recycling firm fine

Poorly maintained machine led to the death of a worker and a $140,000 fine.

My Business How We Help Be a better employer Managing people

‘Clumsy’ relationship management was not bullying

When a worker thought she was subject to excessive, unnecessary retraining and other poor treatment, she took it as bullying and applied to the Fair Work Commission (FWC). Read why her employer’s case won the day at the FWC.

Fashion giant loses case against complaining employee

The company behind Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger has failed to prove it terminated an employee due to her performance rather than in response to her making complaints.

Unfair: employer jumps the gun on dismissal

Employers should tread carefully when considering if an employee has abandoned their employment. A tribunal found this employer acted too hastily.

Claims being processed faster, says FWC

Unfair dismissal is the most common claim filed in the Fair Work Commission, with about 11,000 applications made in a year.

Are smoke detectors required under the model WHS Act?

Can business  tenants insist smoke detectors are installed in buildings? Is it a legal requirement?

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