In a significant win, Hall Payne has secured over $130,000 in compensation for an engineer, with the Court determining there had been a breach of his employment contract.

New paid family and domestic violence leave comes into effect on 1 February 2023 for employers with more than 15 employees and on 1 August 2023, for employers with less than 15 employees.

A Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has upheld the actions of a company which directed its employees to relocate interstate, or have their employment terminated.

If you’ve been diagnosed with a chronic illness, it’s important to understand your employment rights, including whether you need to tell your employer.

This article explores when an employer is required to make an offer of casual conversion and when an employee has a right to request conversion from casual employment to permanent employment.

In this article, we take a brief look at restraint of trade clauses and a detailed look at non-solicitation clauses in your employment contract.

In late October 2022, the Federal Government introduced draft legislation that would strengthen a worker’s right to flexible work arrangements. On 6 June 2023, the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2023 (Cth) came into effect.

A 2022 Federal Court decision confirms the act of employers making payment in lieu of notice to workers AFTER termination, is unlawful.

Unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal are often used interchangeably. However, they are not the same and there are key differences between the two.

The considerable attention that workers’ strikes attract has resulted in many employees throughout Australia asking; “what legal rights do I have to take industrial action and to strike?”

The Federal Court quashes a decision of the Fair Work Commission to approve a greenfields agreement between Busways and TWU on the basis that it is not a ‘genuine new enterprise’.