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...
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...
