11 years ago What are our obligations to a recently hired employee who becomes pregnant? A recently hired employee is pregnant. What are our obligations to this employee?
11 years ago How soon can we re-advertise for a redundant position? Are there any rules around the period of time that has to lapse between a job being made redundant and re-advertising for the same position?
11 years ago Can an employee use sick leave for elective surgery? Can an employee use sick leave for elective surgery?
11 years ago Can I direct an employee to take annual leave? Can I direct an employee to take annual leave?
12 years ago Should we wait until a performance review to address poor performance? Should we wait until a performance review to address poor performance?
12 years ago Can we make an employee on maternity leave redundant? Our company is restructuring and many roles will be made redundant. Can we make employees on maternity leave redundant?
12 years ago Can we require an employee to travel overseas for work purposes? Can we insist that an employee travel overseas for work purposes? Or do employees have the right to refuse such a request?
12 years ago Can an employee return early from parental leave? What happens if an employee has gone on parental leave for a set period of time (say, 12 months) and they wish to return earlier? Do we have to let them do so?
12 years ago What does ‘domestic or other pressing necessity’ mean? What would be considered a 'domestic or other pressing necessity' under the NSW Long Service Leave Act?
12 years ago Can we employ someone on rolling 6-month contracts? Is it possible to employ someone on a fixed-term contract on a 6-month rolling basis (i.e continue renewing the fixed-term contract every 6 months)?
13 years ago Can sick leave be taken for elective surgery? If an employee is undergoing an elective surgery, are they entitled to take personal leave for this – even though it was their choice to have it?
13 years ago What is the best way to get your employees to take accrued annual leave? Many of our employees have excessive amounts of annual leave accrued. We would like to get rid of this liability. What is the best way to go about this?
13 years ago Can we make an employee sign a new contract? What happens if an existing employee refuses to sign a new contract but they continue to work?
13 years ago If an employee needs to attend court, what type of leave should they be granted? What kind of leave should we grant an employee who has been summoned to appear in court?
13 years ago Carer's leave or parental leave? We have an employee whose wife gave birth via an emergency caesarean. Can you advise whether in this situation the employee is entitled to carer’s leave?
