by Rob Stevenson | 8 September 2025 | Bulletin
The terminated employee has a variety of legal options open to them. They usually involve the employer having to explain and justify their reasons for termination, sometimes in court. This can be an uncomfortable experience and decisions which seemed clear at the...
by Rob Stevenson | 11 August 2025 | Bulletin
There has been an increasing level of individual workplace disputes in recent years. In its last annual report, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) noted an almost one third increase in the number of applications over the previous year. A significant reason in our view...
by Rob Stevenson | 7 July 2025 | Bulletin
When an employee’s job gets made redundant, they normally get a redundancy payment right? Sometimes employers are reluctant to make redundancy payments, particularly where employers have generous policies or enterprise agreements providing for more than the National...
by Rob Stevenson | 24 June 2025 | Bulletin
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down its Annual Wage Review decision on 3 June 2025. The FWC decided to increase the National Minimum Wage and all modern award rates by 3.5% (the rise in award rates over the last 3 years has been 3.75%, 5.75% and 4.6%...
by Rob Stevenson | 9 May 2025 | Bulletin
Australia is fast becoming a country of contractors. Be your own boss, work when you want to, set your own rates; it sounds appealing but the reality is often very different. Anyone considering becoming a contractor should understand what they are getting into...
by Rob Stevenson | 10 April 2025 | Bulletin
It’s fair to say Australia has one of the better systems of employee protections and conditions going. This is reflected in several recent efforts by overseas employees to bring unfair dismissal and breach of general protections rights claims. Australian employees...
