by Rob Stevenson | 6 November 2024 | Bulletin
Imagine this scenario. You are called into a meeting on Friday afternoon and presented with a letter of allegations that says you are required to attend a meeting Monday morning to respond and that disciplinary action up to and including termination might occur. You...
by Rob Stevenson | 2 October 2024 | Bulletin
Clients and information should be thought of as assets worth insuring. We may be seeing the last years of contractual non compete clauses but that doesn’t mean contractual post employment restraints don’t have a role to play. They’re not perfect but, like democracy,...
by Rob Stevenson | 18 September 2024 | Bulletin
When purchasing a business, one of the decisions to make is whether to take on the employees of the business being purchased. Before you commit to transferring the employment of existing employees or offering jobs to employees, you should do your employment due...
by Rob Stevenson | 14 August 2024 | Bulletin
The best time to negotiate a good contract of employment is before you start the job. Of course, sometimes contracts are provided on a “take it or leave it” basis, or the response to proposed changes is “HR won’t let us do that”. If this occurs, you should consider...
by Rob Stevenson | 22 July 2024 | Bulletin
Perception is not a basis for management or disciplinary action in the workplace and is not a substitute for reality. This should be a statement of the obvious but we are seeing an increasing trend of employment allegations being based on perceptions rather than...
by Rob Stevenson | 25 June 2024 | Bulletin
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down its Annual Wage Review decision on 3 June 2024. The FWC Expert Panel decided to increase the National Minimum Wage and all modern award rates by 3.75% (the rise last year in award rates was 5.75% and 4.6% the previous year). ...
