by JFM Team | Jul 12, 2018
An employee can be placed on modified duties if they become ill. The modified duties generally involve a temporary variation of the employee’s duties. Often, the duties are lighter and not as arduous on the employee. The purpose of modified duties is to allow the...
by JFM Team | Dec 19, 2017
Employers who want to dismiss an employee need to ensure that the employee is given an opportunity to respond to every single fact, circumstance or reason which the employer proposes to rely upon to dismiss the employee. A Cautionary Tale In Remmert v Broken Hill...
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....
