Browsing: Safety & liability

• Job ads flat, but elevated
  
• Employers pessimistic about Q3 hiring
  
• Labour hire operator facing court for underpayments, sham contracting read more

• Mars Recruitment launches in Melbourne, expands WA team
  
• Smaller increase to minimum wage
  
• Claims of 'billion-plus candidate profile database' questioned
  
• FastTrack expands reach of payrolling service
  
• Recruitment company targets efficiencies with new technology read more

A labour hire company did not breach workplace laws when it dismissed a worker who a client believed posed such a safety hazard she "might die" on site, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. read more

• Contracting recruitment business in voluntary administration
  
• More focus needed on industry leadership development
  
• Excessive pre-employment trials land employer in hot water read more

More stringent regulation of the working holiday visa system would go a long way towards deterring unscrupulous labour hire practices, according to immigration expert Alan Chanesman. read more

An employer has successfully argued that its refusal to hire a candidate who failed a pre-employment assessment did not breach the Fair Work Act. read more

• Ambition hires new regional MD
  
• Casual conversion clause extends to on-hire workers, rules FWC
  
• RCSA "appalled" by reports of exploitative on-hire practices
  
• Diversity a priority for jobseeking infrastructure professionals
  
• Talent Partners completes Allegis merger
  
• SEEK rebrands aggregator read more

The Fair Work Commission has rejected a new on-hire company's proposed enterprise agreement for its small, self-represented workforce, after finding it misled the workers. read more

• Host employer cops $588k damages bill over on-hire injury
  
• Ampersand makes two senior hires
  
• Employment contract error not grounds for unfair dismissal claim
  
• Talent2's software arm set to launch another business
  
• Safety understanding exposing recruiters to risk read more

A former on-hire worker's unfair dismissal claim has cleared its first hurdle, after the Fair Work Commission ruled a labour hire placement counted towards her total period of service. read more