by JFM Team | May 8, 2018
An employer does not have a legal right to dismiss an employee because they have exercised a workplace right to take leave. Our law states that disciplinary procedures need to be fair and reasonable therefore, terminating an employee on leave or who is temporarily...
by JFM Team | May 4, 2018
Workers compensation and the requirements of you the employer An employer cannot dismiss an employee because of an injury or disability arising from work. Your worker has an obligation to notify you of the injury as soon as it happens, and you as the employer are...
by JFM Team | May 2, 2018
Workplace Injuries and Taking Leave Permanent employees who are injured at work have access to ten days of paid ‘personal/carer’s leave’, which can be taken by anyone who is unwell for work because of an illness or injury. This leave does not get ‘paid...
by JFM Team | May 1, 2018
Employers who want to dismiss injured employees are confronted with a confusing spaghetti bowl of regulations that often trip up even the most experienced human resources advisers. This article helps you to untangle the overlapping laws and provides some key...
by JFM Team | Nov 22, 2017
Lawyers cannot help parties to prepare evidence and oral submissions in hearings without permission from the Fair Work Commission. Do you know how to successfully represent yourself in the Fair Work Commission? Help From Lawyers in the Fair Work Commission In...
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...
