Published 23 September 2022 As the weather starts to warm up and we approach the final quarter of the year, party season will be soon upon us. End of year parties can be great for team engagement, and as a celebration of the year’s success, however they can also be fraught with legal risk for […]
Published 30 August 2022 In this episode, we discuss workplace risks associated with employee social media use, including egregious misuse, and provide some practical steps employers can take to minimise those risks. We also bring you our new segment ‘Would you tweet that?’, where the team is challenged to come up with the most tweetable […]
Published 26 July 2022 The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has recently released its strategic priorities for the 2022-23 period, with fast food, restaurants/cafes, and agriculture key industries of focus. Added to the list is the universities sector, with the FWO concerned about allegations of long-running underpayments in many universities, citing management oversight, decentralised HR functions […]
Published 14 June 2022 In this podcast we discuss Part B of our e-publication “Termination of Employment: A Lawful and Ethical Approach”; termination of employment relating to the role (redundancy), where employment ends at the employers initiative in circumstances where the role or job is no longer required to be done by anyone. This podcast […]
Published 28 April 2022 This podcast is the second part of our series discussing managing absent employees. In this episode we address the management of employees that have had a long term absence due to personal injury or illness. We discuss how to take the next steps, the legal risks, and the procedures that need […]
Published 19 April 2022 This podcast is the first of a two part series where we discuss managing absent employees. In this episode we look at how businesses can best manage short term or sporadic employee absences from work, to minimise the impact on the business whilst protecting employee rights. In the second episode, we […]