A dispute involving a labour hire firm that tried to dodge its responsibility to on-hire employees sets back many of the reputation gains made by the recruitment industry in the past 20 years, says RCSA advisor Charles Cameron. read more
FWC rejects contractor's unfair dismissal bid, despite botched recruitment documents.... Proactive candidate promotion can help ICT diversity: Bluefin.... CMG makes senior hire in Queensland.... Coalition lambasts 457-visa restrictions. read more
A recruitment company has failed to argue that its client, Tooheys, was the true employer of 10 on-hire workers sacked when a long-running supply deal collapsed, and now faces unfair dismissal and redundancy pay claims. read more
Chandler Macleod's aviation labour hire business, Forstaff, did "just enough" to constitute genuine consultation when it retrenched 250 workers at the Qantas base in Avalon, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. read more
The FWC has favoured the testimony of Hays over one of its clients, after a recruiter was called to give evidence in the case of a worker who was retrenched and then saw an ad for a job similar to his – but the employer suggested Hays advertised the role without its consent. read more
A new Federal Circuit Court judgment indicates that job candidates can't rely on the Commonwealth Privacy Act to object to what they consider to be intrusive recruitment screening processes. read more
Sex discrimination legislation to cover LGBTI jobseekers.... SEEK CIO resigns.... ICT contractor placement length increasingly dependent on skill level: ITCRA.... Recruiters can't rely on instinct to survive current market: Bullhorn. read more
A case involving a fixed-term contractor who successfully argued he'd been unfairly sacked when a permanent job offer fell through serves as a warning that recruiters must ensure they have clear documentation for each stage of a temp-to-perm conversion, says a legal expert. read more
In a decision largely in favour of the ODCO independent contracting system, the Federal Court has found that two employees who were "converted" to ODCO contractors were not constructively dismissed, even though they felt they had no choice but to switch. read more
A former Robert Half recruiter on a 457-visa has been restrained from working for Professional Search Group in Perth, the new agency which he set up with another ex-RHI staffer earlier this year. read more
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