Browsing: Terminations

A new ruling further highlights the obligations of labour hire employers to on-hire workers whose roles are no longer needed at client sites. read more

Labour suppliers are not exempt from obligations to consult with and redeploy on-hire workers when clients' decisions result in the need for redundancies, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. read more

Recruitment leaders should be on notice that restraint of trade disputes are likely to rise this year, with a lawyer warning that exiting employees need firm reminders about their post-employment obligations. read more

This year's workplace 'hot spots' are set to directly impact recruitment leaders and businesses. In this webcast, an employment lawyer discusses the most pressing issues developing during 2021 and how to prepare for them. read more

A labour hire employee who delayed making an unfair dismissal claim because he worried it would harm his employment prospects with the host has lost his appeal for an extension of time. read more

In a welcome ruling for both users and suppliers of on-hire labour, a host employer has successfully appealed against orders to reinstate a worker who was banned from its site due to misconduct. read more

The Fair Work Commission has rejected arguments that a recruitment company's "very difficult financial position" should exempt it from paying an employee's redundancy entitlement. read more

A recruitment company that sacked a casual for failing to accept shifts while receiving JobKeeper payments has successfully defended his unfair dismissal claim. read more

In yet another court ruling with implications for labour hire employers, Spotless Group has unsuccessfully sought leave to appeal a finding that it had to pay long-tenured workers redundancy entitlements. read more

A rec-to-rec company used a stand-down direction to force a state manager to resign, so it could avoid paying her contractual entitlement to three months' notice, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. read more