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Flexibility in the Workplace
Most employers are familiar with an employee’s right to request a flexible return to work when coming back from maternity leave BUT there is a whole array of workplace rights embraced under Section 65 of the Fair Work Act that Federal employers may be unfamiliar with....
Drug & Alcohol Policy
We have had a number of queries in recent weeks regarding workplace drug and alcohol policies and the enforcement of these. Some of the queries relate directly to the rights of the employer so we thought it timely to pen a few words that may be of assistance. Having a...
Workplace Mediation
Recently we undertook a successful mediation for a member who was having protracted issues with an employee. As is often the case the employee had chosen to go on to sick leave and had claimed ‘stress’ due to workplace harassment. This is an increasingly...
Bookkeeper Error Costs Company
In Perth there has been intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman to assist in resolving workplace disputes that has resulted in back-pay for 41 workers to the tune of $100,000.00. In just one matter, 33-shop assistants working for a retail chain were underpaid a total...
$370,000.00 Back-pay
Don't let clerical or payroll errors put you at risk! According to the Fair Work Ombudsman's press release received recently, a not for profit Organisation inadvertently underpaid 18 of its employees. The total of the pack-pay is $370,000.00 after incorrectly...