This recent decision reassures employers that courts will back dismissals that involve obvious workplace misconduct.

This bill aims to provide similar protections for religious belief and activity, as with age, disability, sex and race.

Employers may reduce an employee's wages during a partial work ban, if they comply with FW Act notice requirements.

This NSW decision confirmed that even unintentional innuendo could be considered unwelcome sexual harassment.

This ruling sets up the potential of a High Court ruling on terminating employees on the basis of their public comments.

A recent case in the FCA has set a new precedent for how employers direct employees to work on public holidays.

Recent cases raise a number of consistent themes around the issue of out of hours conduct.

The reason for the restructure, and the redundancy, was the employer's dissatisfaction with the applicant's performance.

Multi-employer agreements are enterprise agreements that apply to more than one employer and relevant employees.

The actions of an employer in response to a resignation can impact the efficacy of the resignation.

FWO continues to focus on taking action against large corporations for non-compliance with minimum standards & underpayments.

A unilateral change to contract Ts & Cs (eg full-time to part-time), can give rise to an obligation to make a redundancy payment.

Unfair dismissal applications have become a ubiquitous part of the employment law landscape in Australia.

The Fair Work Commission has, in two recent matters, considered what is an unreasonable JobKeeper enabling direction.

The FWC must determine if reinstatement is appropriate before considering any other remedy for unfair dismissal.

The budget addresses the impact of the pandemic on the Australian economy, with a particular focus on employment issues.

In recent case, the efforts of an employer to put in place a mandatory COVID vaccination requirement for entry was inadequate.

If an employee's conduct is serious and has been substantiated, it can overcome deficiencies in procedural fairness.

When can employers require their employees to be vaccinated?

Employers should critically assess their workplace culture, policies, training and manager capability.