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- Constructive dismissal - fact or fiction?
- To litigate or not to litigate; that is the question.
- Is procedural fairness an optional extra for high earners?
- There is no such thing as a certain winner (or loser) in the law!
- Employment Contracts 101
- Terminating apprentices and trainees - they have rights too!
- Does your business have appropriate post employment restraints in place?
- Don't get caught out by long service leave!
- Minimum wage update 2023 - inflationary influence or modest increase?
- Wages fundamentals for dummies
- Workplace investigations - what's the point?
- Beware the office Christmas party!
- Fixed term contracts - still worth the trouble?
- There is nothing legally special about retirement!
- Casual employment just became simpler, or did it?
- Suspend first, ask questions later?
- Christmas party handy hints
- Miscellaneous Award coverage - the safety net just expanded!
- What are your legal options if a new employer withdraws a job offer?
- Are you up to date with the minimum wage?
- The pros and cons of conciliation of workplace claims
- Employer allegations - more than a flick pass?
- Choices for terminated employees: unfair dismissal or breach of general protections claim?
- The perils of mixing employment and business
- Are you up to date with the minimum wage increase
- Finding causes of action outside the WorkCover jurisdiction for those hurt by bullying and harassment
- Covid vaccination and unfair dismissal - a return to business as usual?
- Contracting Traps for the Unwary
- Employment Contracts: The Fundamentals
- A time of good cheer and goodwill to all? Tips for Christmas parties and shutdown leave
- Labour hire licencing laws - helping vulnerable workers
- How voluntary is covid vaccination for employees?
- What do new Queensland vaccination rules mean for employers and employees?
- What is "procedural fairness" and when is it required?
- The right to disconnect - what's it all about?
- Employment basics - maximum weekly hours of work and unreasonable additional hours
- When is a discussion with an employee "without prejudice"?
- Are enterprise agreements worth the trouble?
- To record or not to record - when can you tape a workplace conversation?
- Queensland worker vaccination update
- Breach of Workplace Rights & Adverse Action 2013
- Latest casual employment changes - a return to substance over form or a Frankenstein hybrid?
- Employee wage claim tips
- Are you up to date with the minimum wage?
- Performance Managment & Ending Employment
- Do employees have a "right" to a support person?
- What employees should look for in an employment contract
- Is this the end for post employment restraints (or at least contractual non competes)?
- The Plaintiff's New Black: Adverse Action
- Injured employees - just sack 'em?
- Personal leave - the dos and donts
- Navigating the Minefields: Harassment in the Workplace
- Employer policies – do as I say, not as I do?
- Queensland employee vaccination update - April 2022
- Minimum wage update 2024. Steady as she goes?
- Workplace bullying - WorkCover claim tips for employees and employers
- Probation clauses - worth the paper they're written on?
- Perception does not equal reality in disciplinary action or performance management
- Workplace relations under an Albanese government - what will change?
- Working long hours? What can employees do about unreasonable additional hours?
- Do existing employees have to accept new employment contracts or changes?
- Internal HR – Business partners or independent advisors?
- STOP PRESS: How much has the minimum wage gone up in 2022?
- Purchasing a business? Do your employment due diligence!
- Are you up to date with the minimum wage?
- Post employment restraints – do they still have a role to play?
- "Independent" medical examinations - tips and tricks
- Employment disputes and complaints - Are you trying to fit a square peg into a round hole?
- Does an employer have to give reasonable notice to employees to respond to disciplinary allegations?
- The importance of being casual
- The role of remorse in employment law
- Is your confidential information leaving without you?
- When is a settlement not a settlement?
- Thinking about making a without prejudice settlement offer to your employer?
- There are no bad employees, only bad managers
- Contractors and Unfair Contract Disputes - A New Sheriff in Town?
- Have you been accused of workplace bullying?
- How important is a warning?
- It's not all about the "vibe" - Adverse action and the general protections provisions of the Fair Work Act
- Are you up to date with award annualised wage changes?
- Employment basics - Requests for flexible working arrangements.
- When are overseas employees covered by the Fair Work Act?
- Coronavirus - basic information for employees and employers
- Buying a business? Its about the people stupid.
- What to look for in a contractor agreement
- Recent Post Employment Restraint Cases - A Queensland Perspective 2022
- Fixed term or just “fixed up” - Fixed term contract dangers
- Services and facilities agreements - just another sham arrangement?
- Minimum wage update 2025 - Reversing the living standards squeeze?
- Redundancies: Now you see them, now you don't!
- Principles of set off in the Employment Context: A short note on cases
- Coldplayed: Can you trust Human Resources to do the right thing with your complaint or disciplinary action?
- Covid 19 - What U need to know about stand downs
- Penalty rate changes - Just the facts ma'am!
- JobKeeper basics - Lifeline or mirage?
- Making jobs redundant? Consider process and trouble areas first
- Accessory liability under the Fair Work Act - no more "Hear no evil, see no evil"
- Multiple decision makers and employment termination - Who's the One?
- Post employment restraints - Worth the paper they're written on?
- Why contracts are important!
- How do you protect confidential information when an employee leaves?
- The 2014 Wrap - What's going to be hot in 2015?
- Is unfair dismissal just a symbolic remedy?
- Are you up to date with the new minimum wage?
- What to expect in 2015?
- How to avoid disputes between chief executives and volunteer boards of management
- What's the big deal about employment contracts?
- Covid 19 minimum wage increase - how does it affect you?
- Commissions, bonuses, share schemes and damned lies!
- Are you up to date with the minimum wage?
- Performance Improvement Plans – road to improvement or bumpy path to termination?
- Employers should avoid using "Rule 303" to fire employees
- Modern industrial award myths busted!
- Workplace law changes in 2023 - lifting the floor, closing the loopholes
- Unfair dismissal conference handy hints for employees
- JobKeeper Update - What's new?
- More changes in the wind?
- Workplace Relations Election 2013
- 2013 HR Law Unpacked Seminar
- To deduct or not to deduct - What are permitted deductions from wages?
- Budget Employment Law Update
- Get the workplace basics right
- Out with the old year, in with the new....
- Award pay rates increase and employer PPL obligations commence
- July employment law update
- New bullying laws and other news
- Minimum wage and award pay rates increase
- How flexible are individual flexibility agreements?
- How to get redundancy right!
- How casual are your casuals
- What do the new Queensland WHS laws mean for you?
- Should employees be allowed to work from home?
- The disappearing corporate veil – what does it mean?
- What are permitted deductions from employee wages?
- Is your work place flood affected?
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