Abusive on-hire worker wasn't unfairly sacked: FWC.... SEEK counters pricing criticism.... Candidates respond well to 'customer' approaches: Futurestep.... Robert Half case settles.... Bluestone board member resigns.... New 457-visa laws introduced to parliament.
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A former Robert Half recruiter on a 457-visa has been restrained from working for Professional Search Group in Perth, the new agency which he set up with another ex-RHI staffer earlier this year.
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The "ongoing legal war" between HRX and Talent2 has come to at least a temporary conclusion today, with the NSW Supreme Court awarding costs in HRX's favour in their battle over Talent2's hiring of a former HRX employee.
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The WA Supreme Court has granted Robert Half an injunction restraining a former recruiter from contacting its clients, as part of an ongoing case against two ex-employees.
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A former business development manager with national recruitment company Rexco People has been ordered to pay $35,214 in damages after he joined rival Integrated in breach of a separation agreement.
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The brutal legal war between HRX and Talent2 has opened on a new front, with HRX seeking to claim legal costs from Talent2 for expenses HRX incurred in its case against its former business development manager Stuart Scott.
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Appeal approved in long-running Clarius legal battle.... Recruitment company owner banned from holding directorships.... Employers urged to look internally for good recruiters.... ATC event filling up fast.... Recruit Me Now seeking EOIs from rec-to-recs.
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Listed recruitment company Hi-Tech has lost a bid to gain access to documents from a competitor that hired two of its former staff.
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Recruitment companies should be reviewing their contract terms following last week's Clarius ruling, in order to minimise the risk of restraints on their clients or their former temps and contractors being thrown out, says a legal expert.
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Full bench comments on restraints "a can of worms": Greg Savage.... Talent2 apologises for NZ payroll fiasco.... The Next Step makes two senior hires.... Randstad revenue per working day declines.... Victorian on-hire workers comp claims fall.... New initiative in ACTU insecure work campaign.
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North Sydney IT recruitment company Skillsearch, part of the Rubicor group, has won an injunction barring its founder from doing unpaid work for another recruitment firm.
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A court has upheld the right of IT recruitment firm Aurec to restrain its former contractor, after he took up a new role with the same client, through a competing agency.
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A full bench of the Federal Court has rejected Brent Pearson's appeal in his legal battle with HRX.
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HRX has this afternoon been granted an expedited hearing in the NSW Supreme Court in a case against one of its former business development managers, who it alleges breached his restraint provisions to join Talent2.
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Former HRX director and high-profile recruitment industry executive, Brent Pearson is appealing against a Federal Court decision that barred him from working in the Australian human capital sector for two years.
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