7 years ago Can we recoup our training costs? Can we recover training costs from an employee who has resigned? Can this cover travel and accommodation expenses for that training also?
7 years ago Can we make employees take annual leave? If an employee has accrued over 200 hours of annual leave, can we direct them to take that annual leave?
7 years ago Can we change an employee’s role during her pregnancy? Are we able to offer her a salary that may end up being less than the hourly rate she currently receives as a tradesperson?
7 years ago Can we keep a register of employees’ medication? Are we able to request that these workers (or all workers) disclose the number and types of medications they take?
7 years ago How can we change our employees’ hours? Under our enterprise agreement, any change to part-time hours can only be made by mutual agreement. Is there any other way we could change these hours?
7 years ago Can we retrench an employee who is on parental leave? There is a possibility we may need to make her role redundant while she is on leave. What are our obligations here?
7 years ago Can we force two employees to attend a mediation to resolve a workplace conflict? If we require two employees to attend a mediation session to resolve their long-term workplace conflict, can their attendance be enforced?
7 years ago Can I make a finding of serious misconduct when a worker has been dishonest? Is there any law that states what classifies as dishonesty in dismissal for serious misconduct?
7 years ago Can we force an employee to take annual leave? If an employee has accrued over 200 hours of annual leave, can we direct them to take that annual leave?
7 years ago Can we force an employee to attend a medical examination? Do we have the right to send an employee on sick leave to another doctor for an independent medical examination, due to the large amount of time off?
7 years ago Misconduct investigations How much information do I need to give to the complainant about the outcome of a misconduct investigation?
7 years ago Managing poor performance We are performance managing an employee. How long we should wait until we see improvement?
7 years ago Employee appearance Is there a guideline for what standards of presentation I can expect from my employees?
7 years ago Moving away from awards If we amend the current contracts and annualise remuneration, must we increase salaries when there is an increase in the award, even if they are no longer on it?
7 years ago Do we have to pay super on long service leave? Do we pay super on long service leave payments?
