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11 questions to ask your HR team
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11 questions to ask your HR team

With most businesses wrapping up their financial compliance obligations required by the Australian Tax Office, it is the perfect time to review your employer obligations and the human resources and industrial relations aspects of your business.  

Company policies and employee data collection
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Company policies and employee data collection

Following an earlier article on the matter under appeal for an unfair dismissal around fingerprint data collection, the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has clarified what businesses need to be doing about the collection of employee data.

Personal leave is not accrued in hours but days
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Personal leave is not accrued in hours but days

The Full Federal Court yesterday confirmed that all employees (including part-time employees) are entitled to 10 “working days” of personal/carer's leave per year under the Fair Work Act, regardless of how many hours the employees work per day or how many days are worked per week.

Uber Celebrates another Fair Work Victory
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Uber Celebrates another Fair Work Victory

The debate about whether Gig Economy business models are fair and appropriate rages on around the world.

Tread carefully with employee whistleblowers
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Tread carefully with employee whistleblowers

JULIAN ASSANGE is probably the most controversial of whistleblowers to hit the head-lines in the last 10 years. However, there are still murky waters surround his prosecution for whistleblower acts committed, in the face of allegations that his whistleblowing conduct also amounts to criminal conduct.  

Annual Wage Review 2019
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Annual Wage Review 2019

Earlier today (30 May 2019) the Fair Work Commission handed down its annual wage review decision. The decision applies to all employees covered by modern awards, enterprise awards, as well as award free employees.

Be wary when mixing drinks
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Be wary when mixing drinks

Alcohol is everywhere.  Friday night drinks, work lunches, Christmas parties, conferences, the list goes on.  And with this, the inescapable reality that sometimes, somewhere, an employee will have too much of it. So when can an employer take disciplinary action if this happens?

New whistleblower laws to take effect 1 July
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New whistleblower laws to take effect 1 July

Following more than 12 months of passage through Parliament, new Federal whistleblower laws were enacted on 19 March 2019. On 4 April this law was modified, resulting in the new law taking effect on 1 July 2019.

The Casual Conundrum Hidden Under the Christmas Tr
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The Casual Conundrum Hidden Under the Christmas Tree

On 31 December 2018, many Australians were still finishing off their Christmas leftovers or otherwise gearing up for a night of festivities. The same cannot be said for the Fair Work Commission. Instead, on 31 December 2018, a Full Bench of the Commission handed down a decision that will have a nation-wide impact on the voting rights of casual employees with respect to enterprise bargaining.

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