by JFM Team | Jan 17, 2017
You’re the manager, boss or owner and a particular employee has been costing you through poor performance… again. It’s hard not to lose sleep when your bottom line is on the line, but the most important thing you can do is take action. Here, we set out an...
by JFM Team | Jan 16, 2017
The Performance Review Performance reviews can be tricky. How often have you carried out a performance review, only for you to do all the talking, or for the employee to give no feedback, or only negative feedback? Because of this, performance reviews can be a one...
by JFM Team | Jan 4, 2017
What is Encroachment? Sometimes, shareholders will mistakenly undertake renovation works on parts of common property. Companies should take action to prevent encroachments in order to ensure a shareholder does not exceed his or her entitlements under the Constitution...
by JFM Team | Dec 14, 2016
What defines workplace harassment and discrimination? Harassment involves unwelcome behaviour that intimidates, offends or humiliates a person because of a particular personal characteristic such as race, age, gender, disability, religion or sexuality. Sexual...
by JFM Team | Dec 12, 2016
In Kim Cowie [2016] FWC 7886 the Fair Work Commission rejected an application for a stop bullying order filed by Kim Cowie, a volunteer umpire with Rowing Victoria Inc., on the basis that Rowing Victoria Inc. was not a ‘constitutional corporation’ and so the stop...
