The High Court of Australia last week finally put an end to the ongoing confusion as to how to calculate a shift worker’s entitlement to…
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Many employers are expressing extreme frustration over their perception that their casual employees, who are on JobKeeper, are failing to attend work as required because…
The long awaited and anticipated decision of WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2020] FCFCA 84 was handed down by the Full Federal Court on 20…
Yesterday the Fair Work Commission’s Expert Panel for wage reviews announced its findings in respect to its Annual Wage Review for 2018-19. Many media outlets…
A recent Fair Work Commission decision has highlighted the intersection between family law and employment law. This interesting decision was originally circulated by Peters Bosel…
On 16 November 2017, the Federal Circuit Court made orders against a professional advisory accounting firm, Ezy Accounting, for their involvement in the underpayments of…
The accessorial liability provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (“Act”) have been the subject of particular utility by the Fair Work Ombudsman (“FWO”)…
Partner, Mark Peters and Lawyer Madonna Galeano from Peters Bosel Lawyers together with Tina O’Donoghue from Total Management and Training will be presenting at the…
Peters Bosel Lawyers and Brien Leibinger Lawyers have joined forces to present a seminar in Atherton on Thursday 9 November 2017, covering two distinct areas:…
On 15 September 2017, the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Act 2017 (“Vulnerable Workers Act”) commenced operation after receiving royal assent on 14 September…
Last year we published a post which highlighted that employers need to undertake proper and reasonable investigations before terminating employees and that, if reasonable, HR…
As a part of National Safe Work Month, Safe Work Australia is again running its Workforce Participation Reward, offering any individual, business, or other organisation operating…
Embedded in the Australian psyche is the entitlement culture of ‘chucking a sickie’. But the cost and impact of employees taking a sick day when…
Anyone with an HR function as a part of their role will understand the complexities associated with meeting employment law and industrial relations obligations. That’s…
As we approach the end of February – and 2016 begins to pick up speed – we thought it was worth taking a moment to…
If you’ve ever heard “c’mon, it was just a bit of fun” or “I wasn’t bullying, I was just being assertive”, then it’s likely you have a bad apple on your team.
How remedying management action prevented a bullying order
What happens when you terminate an employee for publishing their personal political opinions on social media?
With the start of a new financial year comes changes in the employment law arena. Here are 5 key things you need to know to get you off and running in 2015/16.
Following its recent ‘Navigating Your Business Through Tough Times’ seminar, Peters Bosel looks at an example of good practice for implementing redundancies.