Practice Areas: Employment Law, Immigration
The TSS visa has introduced an occupation list that is more refined in the targeting of occupation lists, and aims to be better aligned with any skills...
Practice Areas: Unfair Dismissal
There are a number of ways in which unfair dismissal can occur, and Fair Work Australia will consider that a person has been unfairly dismissed...
Practice Areas: Discrimination
In Thomson v Orica Australia (2002) 116 IR 186; [2002] FCA 939, the Federal Court found that the respondent had engaged in direct discrimination...
Practice Areas: Employment Law, Employment Agreements
Upon the conclusion of the bargaining process and a draft agreement has been created, a number of steps are to be followed to ensure the validity of the...
Practice Areas: Employment Law
Although the autonomy of the individual has been recognised, the common law does make a qualification where the retraction of notice may be permissible...
Practice Areas: Employment Law
The general rule of capacity to enter into a contract is still applicable when it comes to employment contracts and minors. If we look towards the common...
Practice Areas: Employment Law
Before exploring the legalities in regards to employment references, we should perhaps begin with the more basic question, on whether or not an employer...
Practice Areas: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, OHS, Industrial Relations, Employment and Human Resources
If an employee is injured carrying out their duties, and the work undertaken was a significant contributing factor towards the injury or disease suffered,...
Practice Areas: Employment Law
In trying to ascertain whether or not an employee is a contractor, a useful gauge is to look at the relationship between the employer and employee with...
Practice Areas: Employment Law
For the most part, employers may make changes to the position and remuneration without the need to vary or terminate the contract – but it is a matter...
