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October 20 2025

HELENSBURG COAL PTY LTD v NEIL BARTLEY ETC 

Landmark High Court Decision Reshapes Employer Obligations in Redundancy Cases During the economic downturn triggered by the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020, Helensburgh Coal experienced a substantial d ...

News, Employment Law

September 11 2025

New Rules for Small Businesses – 26 August 2025

New employment laws will take effect for Australian small businesses with fewer than 15 employees on the 26th of August 2025. These changes end previous exemptions and mean small businesses must now ...

News, Leave and Entitlements

May 1 2023

NEW CHANGES TO UNPAID LEAVE DURING CHRISTMAS SHUTDOWNS

It has been common practice for employers to direct their employees to take unpaid leave during temporary shutdown periods like Christmas. From May 1st this will no longer be an option for many ...

News, Sexual Harassment

April 24 2023

STATE GOVERNMENT TACKLES SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Last Friday’s Media Statement addressed the McGowan Government’s commitment to drive out sexual harassment in the mining industry and continuing to promote the health, safety and wellbeing of WA ...

News, Unfair Dismissals

February 23 2023

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 found the employer had a valid reason t ...

Unfair Dismissals, News

February 3 2023

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 Queensland Rail Transit Authority to reinstate him as well ...

News, Sexual Harassment

January 20 2023

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, investigating forms of sexual harassment, industries, impac ...

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