Domestic Violence Archives

Domestic Violence

September 4, 2018

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE
New domestic violence leave entitlement and valid reasons for dismissal not enough

Awards and Employee Entitlements, Misconduct, Performance Management, Unfair Dismissal Dismissal, Domestic Violence, family violence, modern awards, Unpaid leave

This month we look at the new family and domestic violence leave entitlements and some recent unfair dismissal cases which highlight that a valid reason for dismissal is not enough. New family and domestic violence leave entitlement Modern award covered employees can now take 5 days’ unpaid family and domestic violence leave each year. The […]

August 8, 2015

Domestic violence victim found to be unfairly dismissed

Archive Compensation, Domestic Violence, Unfair Dismissal

An employee and her partner both worked for the same company. They worked in the same office, but did not perform the same tasks or interact to perform their tasks. After returning to Australia from an overseas trip, the employee was subjected to domestic violence by her partner. He took her phone and she said […]

Domestic Violence

EMPLOYMENT UPDATENew domestic violence leave entitlement and valid reasons for dismissal not enough

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE

New domestic violence leave entitlement and valid reasons for dismissal not enough

Domestic violence victim found to be unfairly dismissed

EMPLOYMENT UPDATE
New domestic violence leave entitlement and valid reasons for dismissal not enough