by Rob Stevenson | 13 March 2025 | Bulletin
The Fair Work Act National Employment Standards (NES) form the foundations of employment legal obligations in Australia. The NES apply to all employees regardless of income and cannot be contracted out of. Employees have powerful rights to make workplace flexibility...
by Rob Stevenson | 10 February 2025 | Bulletin
Let’s get one thing straight. The law does not offer a remedy for every wrongful act by an employer. There are many situations where an employee may feel an employer has treated them unfairly or wrongly. Before legal action is taken, you should consider whether...
by Rob Stevenson | 15 January 2025 | Bulletin
There’s no doubt about it. Contractors get a raw deal compared to employees when it comes to legal rights. They have no unfair dismissal rights, limited general protections rights and none of the safety net provided by the National Employment Standards and...
by Rob Stevenson | 11 December 2024 | Bulletin
There sometimes comes a point in an employee/employer workplace dispute when an employee says “I don’t want to fight the employer any longer, I just want to end the employment with some dignity and a fair settlement”. Careful thought needs to be given to any without...
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,...
