The commentary in the recent case of Shearer v iSelect Services provides useful guidance for employers in deciding what reasonable steps should be taken to minimise the risk of injury...
The High Court has recently granted a former solicitor of the Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions special leave to appeal against the Victorian Court of Appeal's decision to set aside...
In Franco v Deliveroo Australia Pty Ltd, driver Diego Franco was successful in claiming that he was an employee who had been unfairly dismissed when Deliveroo terminated his supply agreement.
A director of a company in Western Australia has been the latest individual in Australia to be imprisoned as a result of safety offences involving or resulting in death
The Federal Court has knocked out an attempt by a former employee of the Commonwealth Department of Finance to bring sexual harassment, sex discrimination and victimisation proceedings against the Commonwealth...
On 20 April 2021, the Fair Work Commission handed down its decision in Barber v Goodstart Early Learning. In this case, an employee was dismissed after refusing to take a...
In recent years, there has been a multitude of litigated disputes involving sexual harassment claims, with consequent significant awards of damages in favour of successful claimants.
In this update, we address three Full Federal Court decisions from 2020, provide a re-cap on the July 2020 Report of the Inquiry into the Victorian On-Demand Workforce and the...
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously dismissed an appeal brought by Uber against earlier rulings.
On 8 April 2021, the Federal Government announced proposed amendments to the definition of 'serious misconduct' in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) to include sexual harassment, and that sexual...
On 26 March 2021, the Fair Work Amendment Act 2021 (the Act) commenced, introducing significant national reforms to casual employment and associated arrangements.
The new VPS EA was approved by the FWC on 2 October 2020 after a round of bargaining which took place against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and significant...
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