Published 28 June 2016 The Federal Circuit Court found termination without notice can be valid where the employee commits a serious breach of their employment contract. Mr Baird’s employment as managing principle of two of the Respondent’s offices was terminated without notice. Mr Baird argued he was entitled to be paid notice either under his […]

Published 28 June 2016 The Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales dismissed an application for relief from victimisation after finding the disciplinary action faced by an employee was not due to his political activity but rather a failure to serve the government in a politically neutral manner. Captain Challinor was employed by Fire and […]

Published 27 June 2016 With the new financial year fast approaching, businesses and human resource managers must now turn their minds to workplace planning and employee entitlements, having regard to new changes that will come into effect on 1 July 2016. National minimum wage As is required every year, the Fair Work Commission has reviewed […]

Published 27 June 2016 The Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled that partners to a franchise coffee shop were not required to spend the same amount of time working in the business because of the method and terms used to distribute the profits. Wang, Zhang and Rong entered into a partnership and opened a […]

Published 27 June 2016 The Supreme Court of New South Wales found that procedural fairness and natural justice did not make a suspension invalid because the suspended parties had agreed to rules that excluded these duties. Sharp, Issa, Serrao, Boulous and Anderson (the plaintiffs) were registered with the National Rugby League (NRL) as “Club Officials” […]

Published 27 June 2016 The Federal Court of Australia set aside an order made by the Federal Circuit Court after finding a recommendation to not continue the employment of a Prison Officer in Training constituted adverse action. Perez accepted a temporary position as a prison officer in training on a fixed-term contract. Perez claimed he […]