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Federal Government introduces legislation to establish paid family and domestic violence leave

Under new legislation introduced to Parliament today, all employees in Australia would be entitled to 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave (‘FDV Leave’) each year. The Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022 (‘Bill’) is one of the first pieces of legislation introduced by the new Federal Government […]

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Employee with questionable “full” capacity medical certification not unfairly dismissed

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The Fair Work Commission (‘Commission’ or ‘FWC’) has recently found that a teacher whose employment was terminated following a contentious, year-long recovery from a psychological injury sustained at work, was not unfairly dismissed, despite providing the employer with a medical certificate indicating that she had “full” capacity to return to work. Background The unfair dismissal […]

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Vaccine mandates relaxed in Queensland

The Queensland Attorney-General has announced a relaxation for vaccine mandates in some workplaces from 1:00am AEST, Thursday 30 June 2022. From this date, visitors to the below settings will not be subject to mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations: residential aged care; disability accommodation; and corrective service facilities. Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations will remain in place for workers in […]

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Fair Work Ombudsman announces 2022-23 priorities

On 22 June 2022, the Fair Work Ombudsman (‘FWO’) Sandra Parker announced the Regulator’s priorities for the next 12 months, which have been expanded from focusing on supporting workers and businesses in recovering from the impacts of COVID-19 to include the university sector. The new focus on the university sector comes amid regular self-reports to […]

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What does an ALP Government mean for employers?

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In our pre-election Alert, we analysed what the impacts of an Albanese-led Labor Government might look like for employers. Having won the election, the Australian Labor Party (‘ALP’ or ‘Labor’) will now seek to implement the industrial relations reforms we examined. Some of the proposed reforms announced by the ALP during the election campaign will […]

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Employment law and the Federal election – what are the impacts of party policy for Employers?

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With less than a week to the Federal election, many employer associations, unions and industrial relations stakeholders are eagerly awaiting a result that will determine the next 3 years, or more, of industrial relations reform. With wage growth dominating public discourse, industrial relations reform has arisen as a central factor in the election. But what […]

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Employer vicariously liable for sexual harassment and assault ordered to pay $150k

This month we will look at a recent decision of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (‘Tribunal’), where an employer who failed to prevent the sexual harassment and assault of a female employee was ordered to pay $150,000 in general damages. Background The 27-year-old Beauty Therapist (‘employee’) commenced part-time employment at the salon, Man Oh […]

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50-year-old employee not unfairly dismissed for “ferocious” texting during work time

The Fair Work Commission (‘Commission’) has recently found that a “mature” employee who “deliberately” failed to follow her employer’s lawful and reasonable direction to turn her personal mobile phone off while at work, and not attend to her private business matters during work time, was not unfairly dismissed. Background In December 2020, the employee was […]

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