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EMPLOYERS RIGHT TO MEDICAL OPINION
We are regularly queried with regard to an employer's rights in relation to directing an employee returning to work from either Worker's Compensation or sick leave where an employer has a concern about the employee's capacity to do the work - despite the fact that...
Redundancy – Sweeten the Bitter Pill
You’ve completed your operational review and made the traumatic decision to make an employee’s position redundant , you’ve been through the even more traumatic process of telling them and now you are PRETTY SURE that they think you are lower than....[insert your own...
UNFAIR DISMISSALS – MANAGING THE RISK
At Workwise we often get comments from members that go something like....'I want to make sure I get the termination process right so I don't get caught by an unfair dismissal'. The reality however is that you cannot remove an employees right to pursue an unfair...
STATE WAGE DECISION
STATE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASED BY $20.00 PER WEEK The WA Industrial Relations Commission has increased the WA Minimum Wage by $20.00 per week (53 cents per hour). This means that the WA Minimum Wage will increase from $645.90 per week to $665.90 per week from 1 July...
The role of a ‘Support Person’
Have you ever felt 'backed into a corner' where an employee has demanded the right to have a 'support person' with them in a meeting you want to have with them? Employers looking to control who attends their meetings about an employee's performance need to understand...