Browsing: Terminations

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

Situations in which on-hire arrangements resemble a transfer of business happen more frequently than imagined and can have big ramifications for labour hire companies, warns a lawyer. read more

• CTPartners recruits new partner
  
• Lack of on-hire regulation driving down standards of living, claims union
  
• Tech talent search turns global
  
• NZ labour market strengthens in March quarter 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

The ACTU has called for widespread reform of laws governing the labour hire industry to ensure on-hire workers are no longer "second-class citizens". read more

The RCSA has called for more regulation of online freelancing engagements and recognition of hybrid casual/permanent work arrangements, in its submission to the national workplace relations review. read more

Two recent cases shed light on how the legal system treats candidates' attempts to discover why their job applications failed. read more

The latest ruling in a long-running ODCO independent contracting case reveals a potential loophole in how the Fair Work Act applies to the triangular relationship of labour hire company, worker and "end-user" employer. read more

A successful candidate who claimed his employer misrepresented the nature and likely duration of his role during the recruitment process has failed in his bid for damages. read more