This month we look at the new international OHS standard published by Standards Australia. We also discuss the current ‘casual leave’ issue that is set to be considered again by the Federal Court, with a number of parties intervening in a new case brought by Workpac. New OHS standard published The world’s first international OHS…
This month we look at two recent decisions in the employment law space. The first decision relates to an employer’s decision to terminate an employee for breaching a cardinal safety rule. The second decision relates to the reprehensible conduct of an employer who failed to pass on an employee’s paid parental leave entitlement. Use of…
The Fair Work Commission has awarded an employee $29,070 in compensation after it found that the employer had no evidence of the employee’s alleged serious misconduct before proceeding to dismiss the employee. The employee had worked for the employer for nearly three and a half years at the time of her dismissal. The employer commenced…
In a recent matter before the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, an employer has been fined and ordered to seek professional help to deal with his anger management issues. An employee (represented by the Transport Workers’ Union) approached the employer and informed him that he could not work the following Monday as he had to…
The County Court of Victoria has imposed a $400,000 fine for a work related accident which resulted in the tragic death of a worker. Whilst investigations into the cause of the worker’s death were not conclusive, it was found that the worker slipped into a hole in a walkway that was left as a result…
