by JFM Team | Apr 7, 2016
Dismissing disqualified persons under the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 (NSW) – guidance from the Fair Work Commission In O’Connell v Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Sydney [2016] FWCFB 1752, the Full Bench of the Fair Work...
by JFM Team | Apr 4, 2016
In Starr v Department of Human Services [2016] FWC 1460, Vice President Hatcher provided some commentary on the circumstances in which employers are entitled to dismiss employees for conduct that they engage in outside of work hours. The facts Mr Starr was a...
by JFM Team | Mar 21, 2016
In Entello Pty Ltd v Firooztash [2016] QDC 050, the Queensland District Court granted an injunction against a financial advisor who had breached a restraint of trade clause by soliciting his employer’s former clients. The decision is a good reminder for all employers...
by JFM Team | Mar 17, 2016
In Bartlett v Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2016] NSWCA 30, the New South Wales Court of Appeal found that an employee had failed to prove that the employee had actually breached his employment contract prior to summarily terminating his employment....
by JFM Team | Mar 14, 2016
Ever since the decision of the Federal Court in Goldman Sachs JBWere Services Pty Limited v Nikolich [2007] FCFCA 120, employers have had to think very carefully about incorporating workplace policies and procedures into their employment contracts. If your policies...