Browsing: Employment law

• Multinational recruitment companies facing tax audit
  
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• "Unethical" agent must now seek permission for every dismissal claim read more

A union has today lodged the first 'same job same pay' (SJSP) application, at a Queensland coal mine where Workpac supplies on-hire labour. read more

It was "disingenuous" of Adecco to claim it didn't dismiss an on-hire worker, after it removed her from a host site due to misconduct, then made no attempt to find her other work, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. read more

In an important case for the recruitment industry, Programmed has won a long-running dispute over its liability to pay long service leave to an on-hired worker, who became a Randstad employee after an account changed hands. read more

Hays has offered up to $1.3 million to settle the long-running class action brought against it by a group of on-hire coal miners. read more

Employment law governing casual and contract employment has shifted dramatically, and employers now face a raft of new compliance issues. Watch this webcast to prepare yourself for the year ahead. read more

A LinkedIn post about starting a new role can constitute a breach of post-employment obligations that, as the market tightens, recruitment agencies are increasingly willing to enforce, a lawyer warns. read more

The Closing Loopholes legislation has now passed, and a lawyer warns it will herald the return of class actions over 'misclassified' casuals and contractors. Meanwhile, mid-sized recruitment companies without enterprise agreements might struggle to win tenders under the new laws. read more

Labor and Greens Senators have recommended passing the Closing Loopholes No. 2 Bill, subject to amendments, but RCSA says the law will 'strangle' casual employment. read more

A labour hire company has defended ending a "hostile" employee's work assignments, with a tribunal rejecting his race played any part in its decision. read more