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Employees earning >$158,500 are ineligible to bring an unfair dismissal claim unless they can show that a MA or EA applies to them.

Discussion of Browne v Coles Group Supply Chain Pty Limited [2014] FWC 367.

This case is an important reminder that the standard required to justify a summary dismissal in Hong Kong is very high.

Michael discusses the legal rights of employers to use 'Bossware' technology or employee surveillance tools.

Link to podcast where the Deliveroo unfair dismissal case is discussed.

There may be a valid reason for termination, with procedural fairness, yet the dismissal is still found to be harsh.

Secretly recording by employees in the workplace.

Even when the worker's unfair dismissal application was withdrawn, his employer was ordered to bear the legal costs.

An unfair dismissal claim must be made within 21 days of termination, unless 'exceptional circumstances' cause the delay.

Some significant changes have been made to the Act to enhance access to remedies for unfair dismissal for employees, but there are also major changes that will benefit employers.

Fair Work Regulations now explicitly categorise sexual harassment as "serious misconduct" for the unfair dismissal laws.

Because the email was ignored by the employer, FWA granted an extension of time to make an unfair dismissal application.

These are some important employment law changes from 1 July 2015 that all employers in Australia should be aware of.

The Fair Work Commission found that demotion, with a significant reduction in pay or duties may constitute a dismissal.

The Fair Work Commission Annual Report for 2014–15 ("Annual Report") notes a 17.5 percent increase in general protections disputes involving dismissal compared with 2013–14.

The Federal Court has permitted an employee, who was dismissed after taking 10 months' leave to fight cancer, to proceed in a claim against his employer.

Significant workplace relations changes are set to take effect from 1 July 2026, impacting both employers and employees across Australia.