March 28

Discrimination, reasonable adjustments and workplace injury: Butterworth v Independence Australia Services (Human Rights) [2015] VCAT 2056 (22 December 2015)

Discrimination, reasonable adjustments and workplace injury: Butterworth v Independence Australia Services (Human Rights) [2015] VCAT 2056 (22 December 2015)

Published 28 March 2016 The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal awarded a woman $3,325.25 for economic loss and $10,000 for non-economic loss after her employment was terminated due to a workplace injury and a failure to make reasonable adjustments. Ms Butterworth worked at Independence Australia Services (IAS) as a Customer Service Officer from 2007 until […]

February 14

The Legal Issues That Crop Up During the Recruitment Process

The Legal Issues That Crop Up During the Recruitment Process

Published 14 February 2016 With the holiday season behind us, many businesses will start the process of hiring new employees to fill positions that have become vacant over the past few months.  There are legal risks involved in any recruitment process but with it brings the potential to add talented new employees into the organisation. […]

January 18

Redundancy

A recent decision of the Fair Work Commission regarding redundancy entitlements could have some unfortunate consequences for employees and, in my opinion, in the long term for business and the economy. In Compass Group (Australia) Pty Ltd  v National Union of Workers; United Firefighters’ Union of Australia [2015] FWCFB 8040 the Full Bench of the […]