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By Catherine Tratsellas As we have highlighted in previous articles, a recent Federal Court of Australia decision found that employers who incorrectly classify and pay employees as casual, instead of full-time or part-time, could be responsible for backpaying various entitlements (e.g. annual leave) under the National Employment Standards (NES).  However, the case did not that […]

Remote working is something that has changed the workplace environment. However, alongside its many positives, the concern is how to promote productivity in remote workers who are away from a typical office environment on a day-to-day basis. Due to this, some large firms have been moving their teams back into an office environment. There are […]

We think it’s important that all employers are aware of recent changes to flexible work legislation that have been introduced by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) for all employees covered by a Modern Award, who are not casuals, and have been in employment for 12 months and they: Are the parent, or have responsibility for […]

Changes to Victoria Long Service Leave-effective November 1st There will be substantial changes to long service leave in Victoria due to the New Long Service Act 2018 coming into effect on 1st of November and it’s important for Victoria businesses to be ready (and businesses based outside Victoria, but that have employees working within Victoria). […]

  Recently, a client shared with me something that was happening with one of her valued team members that just seemed so unfair and my client was at a loss as to how she could help. Her employee had recently lost her mother to a heart attack, after three weeks on life-support and she was […]

A recent decision has been made by the Fair Work Commission (effective 1st October 2018) to include a casual employee conversion clause in 85 Modern Awards. Casuals, covered by those awards, have the right to request for their employer to convert their casual employment to permanent employment, if they have been undertaking a regular and […]

By Stacy Gershberg A recent decision has been made by the Fair Work Commission (effective 1st October 2018) to include  a casual employee conversion clause in 85 Modern Awards. In a nutshell, casuals covered by those awards, have the right to request their employer to convert their casual employment to permanent employment, if they have […]

It’s Friday afternoon and Christine, who has a series of documented performance failures, is about to be dismissed by you. You are by no means looking forward to this awkward conversation, but can be comforted by the knowledge that you have complied with your obligations thus far — and that Christine has decided to accept […]

By Morgan Howard In the media lately, we hear A LOT about bullying and harassment cases; disturbing accounts of incidents and events that have happened to people within their workplaces and employers that have had to pay large fines as a consequence of these events, often occurring without their direct knowledge.   At Employee Matters, […]

By David Brown The Coalition wins the election and Labor’s argument that the reduction in penalty rates, for some sectors is unfair, does not resonate with the voters.  Does this represent the end of the Coalition’s 12-year industrial relations hangover from ‘Work Choices’ as we are about to embark on a new wave of pro-business […]