Work on the proposed new fair dismissal code is still at the conceptual stage, and decisions on the detail are yet to be made, a member of t…
Work on the proposed new fair dismissal code is still at the conceptual stage, and decisions on the detail are yet to be made, a member of t…
Federal Small Business Minister Craig Emerson has faced a baptism of fire in his first half year, with business confidence in sharp decline …
A new survey from the Australian Retailers Association shows the confidence of retailers is falling, they are having difficulty keeping staf…
A former Federal Court judge says the Government’s plan to ban lawyers from unfair dismissal cases may disadvantage employees, and would i…
Opposition leader Brendan Nelson has reinforced the Coalition’s opposition to the removal of the small business exemption from unfair dism…
Many employers settle unfair dismissal cases before they get to the Industrial Relations Commission because they are scared they will lose. …
Labor’s commitment to retaining key safeguards for independent contractors has been cast into doubt following comments by Workplace Relati…
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I am in the middle of doing performance reviews for my top management team. It feels like we are just going throu…
A third of employers are monitoring staff email and 40% of these employers’ staff are unaware, according to the latest SmartCompany Poll. …
Under new laws proposed by the Federal Government, employers could get new rights to access employee email. New laws to allow companies to i…
Individual statutory agreements and an exemption from unfair dismissal laws for small businesses are likely to remain a part of the federal …
Here are the highlights and the practical outcomes of Labor’s IR laws, now through Parliament, writes PETER VITALE. By Peter VitaleHere …