Category: Industrial & Employment Law
Do I have to disclose an illness or disability to my employer?
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.
Employee rights to convert from casual to permanent employment
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.
Announcing your new role on social media may breach your employment contract
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.
Changes to employee flexible work arrangements from June 2023
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.
Respect@Work Bill to strengthen sexual harassment prevention requirements in the workplace
The Australian Human Rights Commission "Respect@Work Report" made 55 recommendations focusing on preventing and addressing sexual harassment in the workplace.
Payment in lieu of notice period must be delivered before termination
A 2022 Federal Court decision confirms the act of employers making payment in lieu of notice to workers AFTER termination, is unlawful.
Difference between unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal
Unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal are often used interchangeably. However, they are not the same and there are key differences between the two.
Industrial action and the right to strike
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?”
Fair Work Commission decision to approve a greenfields agreement quashed by the Federal Court
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’.
Employer’s decision to medically discharge a firefighter with history of PTSD was wrong
NSW Industrial Relations Commission determines the medical discharge of a firefighter, due to PTSD, was wrong and decision overturned.
Signing a deed of release may affect your ongoing worker’s compensation benefits
In this article, we explore how a deed of release can affect an injured worker’s ongoing worker’s compensation benefits following termination of employment.
Win for RTBU in underpayment of wages case
Hall Payne Lawyers successfully represented the RTBU and its members in Federal Court proceedings against Transit Systems Pty Ltd for failing to pass on annual wage increases.