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What is ACCESSORIAL LIABILITY and how or when can it impact employers? Understanding and managing your supply chain helps identify and then to protect your business from the potential impact of accessorial liability. For example, businesses can be held legally...
Where an employee claims a breach of any of the following employer obligations:- the National Employment Standards a modern award an enterprise agreement a workplace determination a national minimum wage order an equal remuneration wage order method and frequency of...
The Fairwork Commission has announced its decision on the annual federal 2017/2018 wage review. Federal system employees on the minimum wage will receive a 3.5% ($24.30 per week) wage increase. This means the minimum federal adult wage, as of the 1st July 2018 will...
Dismissed for Confidentiality Breach
The conclusion of an unfair dismissal case heard by the Fair Work Commission recently upheld an employer's decision to terminate an employee for misconduct and breaching confidentiality. The employee had made complaints to her employer that she had been bullied and...
Act Early on Poor Performance
A recent case heard by the Fair Work Commission demonstrates just how important it is to act as soon as poor performance is noted and should give employers confidence to utilise their company policy to assist them to manage situations. In October 2017, Ceres Natural...