Browsing: Employment law

It was unreasonable for the chair of Harrier Group to cut then-CEO Kelly Quirk's pay by 10% and to say in a board meeting that she was "sulking", but ultimately she was validly sacked for misusing her company credit card and not, as she claimed, for complaining about bullying and an unsafe work environment, a court has ruled. read more

An employer has a green light to recruit only women, after a commission found it was "not practical or viable" to make adjustments for men to work in its organisation. read more

An executive search leader who sold her business to a global talent advisory is now suing it for unlawful adverse action and contract breaches, alleging her complaints about its "toxic" culture were ignored. read more

The Federal Government's proposed IR reforms "completely disregard" the industrial rights and agency of labour hire workers, according to a recruitment leader who is urging a Parliamentary Committee to reject the Bill "in its entirety". read more

An employee's successful unfair dismissal claim has highlighted the importance of strictly complying with the Fair Work Act's casual conversion requirements. read more

The 'same job, same pay' provisions of the Closing Loopholes Bill, while "softened" from what was originally feared, will have "really profound effects" if passed in their current form, a lawyer says. read more

The Fair Work Commission has approved a labour hire company's enterprise agreement, containing 'same job, same pay' provisions. Meanwhile, a Commission full bench has accused six employees of engaging in a "sham exercise" when they voted up an EA ahead of the company providing labour hire services. read more

Qantas took unlawful adverse action when deciding to outsource thousands of positions to labour hire workers during the peak of the pandemic, the High Court has today ruled, and the Transport Workers Union will now seek "a substantial penalty". read more

The four-day week is gaining popularity in the recruitment sector, but there are many legal areas to address before employers jump into a trial, a workplace lawyer warns. read more

In two separate claims, labour hire workers have failed to prove they were dismissed for prohibited reasons under the Fair Work Act when they were removed from host sites. read more