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UNPAID WORK TRIALS – RISKS AND LIABILITY
In recent weeks we have had a number of queries relating to the increasing prevalence in the workplace of the practice of providing unpaid work trials to people or requiring that people work on an unpaid basis in order to ‘check them out’ over a particular period....
The Costs of staff Training and Making Deductions
We are constantly asked by members about their rights in relation to recouping the costs of training where employees leave after gaining a qualification or fail to complete a course. There is legislation that sits around this with regard to making lawful deductions...
Effectively managing stress within your workplace
This is the fourth in a series of articles connected with ‘stress’ in the workplace. In this Bulletin we look at Workers Compensation claims which arise as a result of a worker claiming that they are ‘stressed’. Whilst compensation laws allow for compensation with...
Managing Stress In Your Workplace
This is the third in a series of articles connected with ‘stress’ in the workplace. In this Bulletin we look at discrimination in the workplace - which also figures as a factor in stress related claims for employers. There is legislation at both a State and Federal...
EFFECTIVELY MANAGING STRESS IN YOUR WORKPLACE
This is the second in a series of articles connected with ‘stress’ in the workplace. In this Bulletin we look at bullying in the workplace - which remains a leading factor in stress related claims for employers. Because of this fact it is important that all workplaces...