Posts tagged "workplace law"

The Fair Work Commission has ruled an employee was fairly dismissed, after he made a series of racist and sexist comments to his colleagues.

Christian Porter is wondering why we can't all just get along, and is asking businesses and employees to write in with suggestions to improve industrial relations.

Two Cadbury workers have won a landmark Federal Court case which could increase worker sick leave entitlements in workplaces across the country.

A Sydney day spa operator will pay a $10,000 fine for dipping into worker pay packets over a four year period, signing an undertaking with the FWO.

Red tape cuts and industrial relations reform are on the agenda as business lobbyists stretch out their hands to a newly reelected coalition government.

Fair Work Ombudsman finds wage theft is widespread in regional areas, identifying almost half of employers were breaking the law.

Israel Folau's sacking could put employers in a difficult position if he wins his Federal Court bid.

The Fair Work Ombudsman will use new laws to seek tougher penalties for the first time against a Melbourne-based toy retailer.

A worker has won a sizable payout after she was dismissed just days after submitting her resignation letter for another job at a competing business.

The Fair Work Ombudsman discovered more than one in five businesses were underpaying workers in a recent audit of regional firms.

Small business will remain in cabinet under Michaelia Cash, who has also been promoted to Employment Minister, and will be assisted by Steve Irons.

The fair work ombudsman says she was "alarmed to discover" the level of ignorance about workplace laws in a targeted audit of first-time SME owners.