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Dismissing an employee with substantial entitlements to personal leave

posted by Employment Innovations on May 23rd, 2013  Posted in News

In Fair Work Ombudsman v AJR Nominees Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 467 the Fair Work Ombudsman (“Applicant”) brought a claim on behalf of employee John Bill (“employee”) against his employer AJR Nominees Pty Ltd and Pasqual Minniti, a director of the employer (“Respondent” and “Second Respondent”). The Applicant claimed that the employee was dismissed because he proposed to exercise a workplace right (with respect to his accrued paid personal leave) to prevent the employee from exercising the right. The Applicant further claimed that the employee was entitled to payment in lieu of notice as well as his accrued annual leave… Read More

Adverse Action Case NTEU v Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

posted by Employment Innovations on May 23rd, 2013  Posted in News

Justice Gray of the Federal Court has delivered a decision in the case of NTEU v Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology [2013] FCA 451. The NTEU represented Professor Bessant, youth studies and sociology professor who was made redundant from her position with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). The NTEU alleged that the redundancy was in fact a sham and that adverse action was taken against the Professor because she had exercised or planned to exercise workplace rights. Some of the workplace rights which Professor Bessant exercised related to claims of bullying and intimidation against the head of the… Read More

Farewell Takeaway Tuesday: What’s Next?

posted by Employment Innovations on May 21st, 2013  Posted in Blog

Today we bid a fond farewell to Takeaway Tuesday, the time has come for change and we’re excited about what’s in store. To celebrate the success of the past year, here’s a run-down of the most popular posts from the past year: 1. “Here’s a Riddle”, presented solutions to the puzzle of performance management. 2. “The Super Contributions Increase”, provided details of the increase to super contributions. 3.“What to do When you Overpay an Employee”, let you know the best way to recover overpaid wages. 4. “Your Paid Parental Leave Questions Have Been Answered!”, gave you a factsheet in response to the… Read More

Four Things for SMEs to Consider – Budget Night and Beyond

posted by Employment Innovations on May 14th, 2013  Posted in Blog

Money Rolls

Tonight is budget night for the Federal government, which means small business owners should also be in the midst of planning for the new financial year. Despite what tonight’s budget holds for small business (most likely not much) here are four things every small business owner should consider when planning for the year ahead: 1. The company rate promised tax cut: A cut to the rate of 30% company tax was promised last year without delivery. With the large deficit rumoured to be at around $17 billion, a cut this year is unlikely to be announced. 2. Minimum wage increase:… Read More

5 Things you Didn’t Know About Being an Employer

posted by Employment Innovations on May 7th, 2013  Posted in Blog

Five

Being an Australian employer is tough and employment law is complex, keeping on top of all the obligations can be a full time job in itself. Whilst there isn’t enough time for even the fundamentals in our blog post today, here are five things you probably didn’t know about being an employer, from facing mountains of paperwork to seeking legal advice, small business generates some pretty impressive figures. 1. Think small business is small time? Small business contributed around 34 per cent of private industry value added in 2010-11, or approximately 20 per cent of GDP. They also employed around 4.8 million people in… Read More

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