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    Employment Law Update - Danger for employers of casual staff

    Service as a casual employee prior to becoming permanent must be taken into account for redundancy pay entitlements.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Kemp Strang Lawyers
    Kemp Strang Lawyers
  • Article

    Employment Law Update – Change to High Income Threshold

    Find out how this change will affect your business.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Curwoods Lawyers
    Curwoods Lawyers
  • Article

    Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle - Twitter's poten­tial­ly sig­nif­i­cant issues in mass lay-offs of Aussie staff - pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 8 Novem­ber 2022

    After Elon Musk took over Twitter, a company-wide email informed all staff that their jobs were on the line.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Swaab Attorneys
    Swaab Attorneys
  • Article

    Arrium Workers Agree To 10 Percent Pay Cut As Administrator Seeks To Secure The Company's Future

    Workers at embattled steelmaking and iron ore mining company Arrium have accepted a new enterprise agreement that provides for a 10 percent pay cut.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Jones Day
    Jones Day
  • Article

    Workplace facts and figures, effective 1 July 2017

    With a new Financial Year, there are a number of key employment thresholds that have changed from 1 July 2017.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Bartier Perry Solicitors
    Bartier Perry Solicitors
  • Article

    Michael Byrnes is quoted in the article, "How to navigate misconduct investigations involving mental health challenges".

    How to navigate misconduct investigations involving mental health challenges.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Swaab Attorneys
    Swaab Attorneys
  • Article

    Significant award of reasonable notice and the meaning of ‘ordinary pay’

    Courts confirm an established line of authority on the assessment of reasonable notice of termination of employment.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Carroll & O'Dea
    Carroll & O'Dea
  • Article

    Two birds, one RTO: Are return-to-office man­dates ​‘dis­missals in dis­guise'?

    Link to articles discussing whether employers could be implementing return-to-office mandates to avoid redundancies.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Swaab Attorneys
    Swaab Attorneys
  • Article

    [Video] What employers need to know before they make an employee redundant

    There are a number of steps to be followed and laws that govern how and when employers can make an employee redundant.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Cooper Grace Ward
    Cooper Grace Ward
  • Article

    Fighting on the job no longer an automatic basis for dismissal

    Discussion of Browne v Coles Group Supply Chain Pty Limited [2014] FWC 367.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Carroll & O'Dea
    Carroll & O'Dea
  • Article

    Michael Byrnes is quoted in the article, 'Workplace partners 'inundated' with huge uptick in work', published in Lawyers Weekly on 15 March 2023

    Workplace relations lawyers should keep abreast of economic developments and the impact of those developments on business.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Swaab Attorneys
    Swaab Attorneys
  • Article

    Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle Legal impli­ca­tions and lessons from Net­work Ten v van Onse­len, pub­lished in Lawyers Week­ly on 3 August 2023

    Link to article discussing legal implications of decision that Onselen breached his redundancy contract.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Swaab Attorneys
    Swaab Attorneys
  • Article

    Michael Byrnes spoke on wills and redundancies in The Law Report on Radio National

    This Law Report included virtual witnessing of wills and redundancy payouts, and an item on Facebook content moderators.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Swaab Attorneys
    Swaab Attorneys
  • Article

    Do you trust your staff? High Court to decide

    Finding redeployment opportunities is implied in employment contracts before you make anyone redundant.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Marque Lawyers
    Marque Lawyers
  • Article

    Enforced Redundancy Defeats Restraint Provision

    In redundancy situations, restraint clauses will generally be unenforceable below the level of senior management.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Kott Gunning
    Kott Gunning
  • Article

    Federal Court Finds Averse Action When New Mother Made Redundant

    Judge Jones found that the employee's position had been made redundant as a result of the restructure, and that Roy Morgan failed to redeploy the Applicant in an equivalent position.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Jones Day
    Jones Day
  • Article

    New Unfair Dismissal Laws May Be Too Little, Too Late

    With the economic downturn having intensified in Australia in the first half of 2009, it is increasingly clear that the Rudd Government's new unfair dismissal laws will arrive too late to soften the blow of redundancy for many of those affected.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Madgwicks
    Madgwicks
  • Article

    Overseas Redeployment Not Reasonable

    Multi-national employers will be pleased to learn that the Fair Work Commission ( FWC ) has agreed that it was not reasonable for an employer to redeploy a redundant worker to overseas operations.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Jones Day
    Jones Day
  • Article

    Casual service excluded from redundancy calculations: a return to common sense.

    Recent case confirms that casual workers are not entitled to redundancy pay.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    Marque Lawyers
    Marque Lawyers
  • Article

    COVID-19 Government Response Update: JobKeeper allowance and what it means for employers

    The Australian government's JobKeeper allowance will enable eligible businesses to retain or reinstate employees.
    AustraliaEmployment and HR
    HHG Legal Group
    HHG Legal Group

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