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Unfortunately, we are already seeing COVID-19 being used by cybercriminals looking to capitalise on the public’s fear and uncertainty. In particular, cybercriminals are using COVID-19 to lure unsuspecting individuals into phishing scams. With a...
It is inevitable that many Australian businesses will be either directly or indirectly impacted by COVID-19. This may be due to infected staff, travel and import restrictions, or a lack of customers due to people self-isolating, but it will have the ...
The Fair Work Commission has made changes to some of its modern awards' annualised wage arrangements. The changes come into effect on 1 March 2020. If you are covered by one of the affected awards and have employees under these arrangements, you will...
Performance management and disciplinary meetings are often confronting for employees. Unfortunately, they can become acrimonious affairs, and employees may lose trust in the managers or other personnel involved. To the employee, it may be important t...
The Fair Work Commission considered whether an employee's dismissal for a parody of enterprise bargaining negotiations was an unfair dismissal in Tracey v BP Refinery (Kwinana) Pty Ltd [2019] FWC 4113. Background
On 29 August 2019, the Federal Government released an exposure draft of its proposed Religious Discrimination Bill for public submissions (the Bill). The Bill seeks to establish a Commonwealth Act prohibiting religious discrimination...
An estimated 2.2 million employees are set to see a pay rise following the release of the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) Annual Wage Review on 30 May 2019. Employees paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will see an inc...
All too often in unfair dismissal proceedings, a finding will be made by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) that an employee’s dismissal was harsh, unjust or unreasonable even where an employee’s wrongdoing, which formed the basis of their termination, i...
Welcome to the Autumn edition of Dynamics at Work – our first newsletter for 2019. Happy International Women’s Day for Friday, 8 March! With this year’s theme for #IWD2019 being #BalanceforBetter, it’s a great time for us all to reflect on what that...