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NEW CHANGES TO PAID PARENTAL LEAVE OFFERING FLEXIBILITY AND SUPPORTING GENDER EQUALITY.
On Monday 6th March the Senate passed the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvement for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022. The …
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DIRECTOR JEREMY AND HIS ITHAKA MEDIA GROUP
Last Friday Jeremy hosted us to the opening of the Masters Series for the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra: Music of the Ecstasy at …
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COPMPANIES SHOULD HAVE EFFECTIVE CASE MANAGEMENTPOLICIES IN PLACE.
Our recent win in the Fair Work Commission (which appeared in last week’s Workplace Express), underscores the importance for an employer …
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AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACT PROPOSAL LAUNCHED
This week the Australian Human Rights Commission launched a model for a proposed Human Rights Act in Australia. We are one of the only …
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WORKER FIRED FOR NAPPING ON THE JOB WINS UNFAIR DISMISSAL DUE TO LACK OF PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS
A recent decision by Deputy President Gerard Boyce found an employee’s dismissal to be harsh, unjust and unreasonable even though he also …
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Railway Labourer of 39 years reinstated after dismissal.
In December last year Commissioner Simpson found the dismissal of Mr. Trevor Purves to be ‘’harsh” and ordered his employer …
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NATIONAL SURVEY STATISTICS ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE
Last year the Australian Human Rights Commission conducted the 5th national survey which addressed sexual harassment in the workplace, …
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KEEPING THE WORKPLACE SAFE AND FREE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HAZARDS
On the 24th December 2022 new Work Health and Safety regulations for the control of psychosocial hazards came into effect, making it …
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FWC PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT ON OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION AND GENDER UNDERVALUATION
On the 4th of November the Fair Work Commission President Ross released a statement on Occupational Segregation and Gender Undervaluation …
