7 years ago Do employees working from home need fire extinguishers? Is having a fire extinguisher in the home is a mandatory requirement?
7 years ago Can you work while on parental leave? What are our obligations to continue the employment of someone who is working for another employer while on parental leave?
7 years ago Sharing employees’ personal information Are we under any obligation to advise them of the request?
7 years ago Can we ask an employee to cash out their long service leave? Can we insist that the employee takes the leave as a payment rather than the time off on leave?
7 years ago Can we stop our workers from using their phones while at work? Can we implement a policy whereby employees are not permitted to use their phones while working?
7 years ago When can we re-fill a redundant position? Can you please give me a guideline on what the period must be between making a position redundant and advertising again to fill that position?
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?
