Labour hire company had credible basis for ending "hostile" employee's assignments
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
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
An on-hire worker who suffered from back pain due to her "big boobs" has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission she should have been allowed to return to her physically demanding assignment after being certified "fit for normal duties". read more
An on-hire worker has failed to prove Hays "destroyed" their employment relationship and constructively dismissed her when it ended her assignment before investigating a client's misconduct allegations read more
A recruitment company has a "sufficiently strong" case against a former business development manager who it claimed breached his contract by soliciting clients away to his new employer, the Federal Court has ruled. read more
A host employer that excluded two workers from its sites after they raised safety concerns has been ordered to pay $140k in penalties and compensation. read more
Flexibility and good communication are the key to maintaining client relationships when host employers resist recruiters' requests for safety assessments, says a leading compliance specialist. read more
A recruitment company has won confidentiality and solicitation restraints against a competitor and a former employee, after a court found it faced a "high risk" of "irreparable damage" if an injunction wasn't imposed. read more
A labour hire employee who rejected offers to find her new work after a 10-year placement ended could not argue she had been "dismissed", the Fair Work Commission has ruled. read more
Numerous elements of the Closing Loopholes Bill have passed the Senate today, including 'same job, same pay' provisions, leaving the recruitment industry fuming about the last-minute deal and redundant review process. read more
A labour hire company has successfully argued that COVID restricted its ability to monitor and enforce its WHS procedures at client sites, resulting in a lower fine for its breaches. Meanwhile, Skilled had no right to sack a trainee who was involved in a safety incident, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. read more
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