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 | 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 9, 2016
If your employees or independent contractors create intellectual property, it often becomes your property. For example, s 35(6) of the Copyright Act 1968 broadly provides that the copyright in a literary, dramatic, artistic or musical work made by an employee or...
by JFM Team | Dec 7, 2016
When you’re faced with a difficult issue like workplace bullying, it can be hard to know who to turn to. And even if you do know who to contact, there’s sometimes uncertainty about what they can help with and how much they can do. If you’re being bullied at work, it’s...
by JFM Team | Nov 4, 2016
The British Employment Tribunal recently held that Uber drivers should be treated as ‘workers’ for the purposes of various British statutes, in proceedings brought against Uber by current and former Uber drivers. The decision would be akin to the Fair Work Commission...
