“A stitch in time saves nine”.  “There’s never time to do it right but there’s always time to do it over”.  Wise sayings.  We have recently had a number of enquiries which go along the lines of “I’ve just had my conference in the Fair Work Commission and it didn’t...

We have previously cautioned employers against being too quick to suspend employees – see “Suspend first, ask questions later?”.  But where suspension occurs, is an employer required to keep paying the employee?  Suspensions usually arise in three broad situations:...