by JFM Team | Oct 28, 2016
Your employer has just given you a deed of release. You may have been given it as part of a voluntary redundancy or you may have been given it to settle a dispute you had with your employer. You are looking to move on to the next step in your career, but you...
by JFM Team | Sep 2, 2016
In Bigg v SAS Trustee Corporation [2016] NSWCA 236, the New South Wales Court of Appeal dismissed an application for leave to appeal a decision about a former employee’s entitlement to a superannuation benefit. Mr Bigg applies for a superannuation benefit Mr Bigg was...
by JFM Team | Aug 24, 2016
The Fair Work Commission has considered a number of unfair dismissal applications for extensions of time. The Time Limit for Unfair Dismissal Applications Under ss 365 and 394(2) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), an employee is generally required to make an unfair...
by JFM Team | Aug 5, 2016
The legislation surrounding annual leave has been the subject of change in recent years, enabling employers to cash out their annual leave. Cashing out annual leave Eligible employees are now able to cash out their annual leave, rather than take the time off work....
by JFM Team | Jun 20, 2016
In Eaton v TriCare (Country) Pty Ltd [2016] QCA 139, the Queensland Court of Appeal awarded $435,583.98 in damages to an employer who had negligently caused one of its former employees to sustain a psychiatric injury. The decision, which is relevant in all Australian...
by JFM Team | May 10, 2016
In Rakic v Johns Lyng Insurance Building Solutions (Victoria) Pty Ltd (Trustee)[2016] FCA 430, Bromberg J found that an employer engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct during negotiations concerning an employment contract. The facts Ms Rakic was an experienced...
