Enterprise agreements made under the Fair Work Act 2009 must include a term requiring the employer and the employees, to which the agreement applies, to consult the employees about a…
An employee covered by the unfair dismissal laws under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) can challenge the fairness of their retrenchment in the Fair Work Commission.
If you are standing down employees under a clause in an enterprise agreement, this will mean disputes about the stand-down decision can be referred to the Fair Work Commission (FWC)
A JobKeeper-enabling direction given by an employer to an employee of the employer does not apply to the employee if the direction is unreasonable in all of the circumstances.
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has recently ruled that a casual employee who was given just 90 minutes’ notice before his employer told him he was no longer required was…
Under the new JobKeeper amendments to the Fair Work Act, employers are able to issue JobKeeper-enabling stand down directions to JobKeeper-eligible employees to work a reduced number of hours, including…
On 18 March 2020, the Australian Information Commissioner advised employers regarding their rights to request information from employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.