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Australians being paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will see an increase of $15.80 per week or 2.4% in wages as a result of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) releasing their annual wage review decision on 31 May 2016...
Forming a view during an investigation as to the significance of findings and likely sanctions against an employee is just common-sense. A recent decision of the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (the Full Bench) has further cla...
On 18 April the Senate finally voted to abolish the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT) and repeal the Road Safety Remuneration Act 2012 (Cth). The Bill abolishing the RSRT and repealing the Act received Royal Assent on 19 April, which ...
On the afternoon of 21 May 2012 there was an altercation between Mr Sahade and Mr Smith (the appellants) and Mr Bischoff (the first respondent) at a property where Mr Sahade, Mr Bischoff and Mrs Bischoff (the second respondent) occupied separate resi...
In the matter of Erlich v Leifer & Anor [2013] VSC 499, the Supreme Court of Victoria recently considered the issue of direct and vicarious liability of a school in circumstances where a student was sexually abused by the principal. &...
The Order On 26 August 2015, the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (the Tribunal) issued the draft Contractor Driver Minimum Payments Road Safety Remuneration Order 2016 (the Draft RSRO) The Draft RSRO prop...
In the case of Perilya Limited v Nash [2015] NSWSC 706, Perilya Limited (Perilya), the holding company of Perilya Broken Hill Limited (PBHL) was ordered to pay $40,000 for two offences of not comply...
"B" v Reineker [2015] NSW SC 949 Background The plaintiff commenced proceedings seeking damages for trespass against the defendant and for negligence against Moree Christian Community School relating to events that occurred in the period fro...
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) commenced proceedings against Coles due to underpayment of its trolley collectors. Coles outsourced these services to contractors who were underpaying the employees. Coles has now entered into an Enforce...