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Workplace Relationships
We’re all human and there are many people who are reading this e-bulletin right now that may have met their current partner/wife/husband at work; but as we have seen in the media recently – workplace relationships have been a big discussion topic. How employees...
Be Gone Grinch!
As yet another Christmas and Festive Season rolls around, the team at Workwise wishes one and all a very happy Christmas. Recently we attended an event that reminded of us the Fringe Benefits Tax responsibilities surrounding work Christmas functions and we would be...
WA’s Highest Penalties
The highest penalties secured by the Fair Work Ombudsman in a legal action in WA have been imposed by the Federal Circuit court in relation to the exploitation of three Taiwanese women who were in Australia on 417 working holiday visas. A husband and wife have...
Sourcing Industrial Advice
Over the years we have had to deal with a number of issues relating to flawed industrial advice being provided to our members via other professional service providers in unrelated fields. Whilst, to some degree, questioning particular reasons for doing things or the...
Requesting Further Medical Assessments
Directing an employee to provide further medical evidence is a situation that pops up quite regularly in terms of an employer’s ability to do this without falling foul of a discrimination claim. As is usual with all matters ‘IR’ there is no clear and definitive...