by Rob Stevenson | 14 April 2026 | Bulletin
In an increasingly pressured modern world, many families are looking for assistance to meet their children’s daily needs. Often this is done by engaging a nannie or au pair who may be an overseas national. In years past, it was common to simply pay in cash for this...
by Rob Stevenson | 13 March 2026 | Bulletin
The times they are changing. Certain classes of employee have had a right for some years now to seek workplace flexibility. However, the ability to work from home (even for a day a week) has traditionally been very much the exception rather than the rule. Of...
by Rob Stevenson | 10 February 2026 | Bulletin
We have on several occasions had to give advice to fitness/personal trainers wishing to end their engagement contracts with gyms or personal training establishments. There is often a significant power imbalance between the individual trainer and the business which...
by Rob Stevenson | 9 December 2025 | Bulletin
“I’ll just go to the Fair Work Commission and tell my story”. It is a familiar refrain, but it’s not that simple, and it’s about to get harder. The Fair Work Commission is struggling with an increased workload. This means that claimants and respondents alike need...
by Rob Stevenson | 7 November 2025 | Bulletin
Breaker Morant reputedly said “We caught them and we shot them under Rule 303”. The worst thing an employer can do is make a snap decision to terminate employment. This is particularly the case where no procedural fairness is given and the employer is...
by Rob Stevenson | 15 October 2025 | Bulletin
We sometimes see tension between employed chief executives and volunteer boards of management, particularly in the not for profit sector. This includes the operational chief executive whether described as a CEO, general manager or coordinator and the governing body...
