by JFM Team | Apr 19, 2021
Employers must balance many competing interests in the workplace. Maintaining workplace safety at the expense of the privacy of your employees is a good example. A workplace drugs and alcohol policy may be a source of tension in employment relationships. In certain...
by JFM Team | Feb 2, 2021
The start of the new year is a great time to think about improving your employment processes and procedures. To get you started, these are our favourite “Employment Law New Year’s Resolutions”. Resolution 1: Review employment contracts Business owners often use a...
by JFM Team | Feb 2, 2021
As a business owner, it is not uncommon to operate with a number of full-time, part-time and casual employees. We have discussed the dangers of misclassifying permanent part-time workers as casual workers, and the real cost of casual employees in the past. However, it...
by JFM Team | Dec 10, 2020
As if trying to run a profitable business and plan for the future isn’t enough in these trying times, employers also have to worry about managing a remote workplace. Whilst there may be a significant reduction in expenses as a consequence of employees working from...
by JFM Team | Aug 4, 2020
Have opening restrictions, disease control measures and just the weirdness that is 2020 played havoc with your rosters? There are four things you must keep in mind when changing your rosters or ‘ordinary hours of work’ for permanent employees: Talk to your permanent...
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by JFM Team | May 29, 2020
Background facts In WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2020] FCAFC 84, Robert Rossato (Mr Rossato) was an employee of WorkPac Pty Ltd (WorkPac) from 28 July 2014 until 9 April 2018. Over that period, six consecutive contracts of employment were executed between Mr Rossato and...
