A CEO's redundancy payment has been slashed by $2.5m after an appeal court found he forfeited it by failing to sign a deed of release, while another executive who was originally denied a severance payment has been awarded $375,000.
A recent high-profile case involving a BlueScope Steel employee accused of stealing sensitive and confidential information should send a warning to all employers to have secure contracts in place, lawyers say.
An employer reasonably and lawfully directed an employee to change her hair colour after she dyed it fluorescent pink for a breast cancer fundraiser, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Shifting the emphasis in unfair dismissal proceedings off process and onto the reasons for termination would - if implemented - be a welcome change for HR professionals, employment lawyers say.
Court and Fair Work Commission rulings this year have changed the way your organisation should manage its employment law compliance and liability risks. Watch this webcast to understand how to manage its legal exposure.
As the modern awards system becomes more complex, employers should ensure they're staying up to date with changes, and keep one eye on whether an enterprise agreement might better suit their needs, a workplace lawyer says.
A recent Federal Court case will make it easier for employees to prosecute employers that fail to uphold the commitments they make in workplace policies, warns a lawyer.
Organisations involved in mergers and acquisitions might be entitled to offer workers employment without recognising their previous service, but no matter how the contracts are worded, some leave entitlements always remain, warns employment lawyer Athena Koelmeyer.
Two employees who lost more than 2,000 hours in sick leave credits after their publicly owned employer became a private entity have failed to convince a commission that their employment was merely "transferred", and their accruals should have been, too.
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