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Was this redundancy really a dismissal in disguise? A hair salon employee challenged her termination, claiming unfair dismissal after being made redundant without consultation. The Fair Work Commission had to determine if financial downturn justified the employer's actions, despite procedural missteps. Find out how the case unfolded and what it means for employers.

Electrical injuries can and do occur anywhere, including the workplace.

What types of study leave entitlements exist for employees? And where there aren’t any, what can you do to help employees?

The nature of work performed by employees will determine whether they are covered by an award or enterprise agreement, or not. Learn how to evaluate whether an employee is award-free.

More than 100,000 zombie agreements will be automatically canned later this year. Will you be affected?

What recruitment issues can arise when a former employee rejoins your business? Learn about the pros and cons of rehiring past employees and the precautions you should take. 

Understand the additional hours provisions under the Fair Work Act and what it means if employees refuse to work.

The High Court of Australia has unanimously upheld WorkPac’s appeal against a Full Federal Court decision finding its former employee, Robert Rossato, was not in fact a casual employee at law (WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2021] HCA 23).

Can a return-to-the-office ultimatum be enforced? Commonwealth Bank employees are about to find out.

A recent case has addressed the issue of at what point was a dismissal communicated to the employee and actually took effect. Read more here.