Industrial action | Fair Work Legal Advice

M: 0427 329 514

Home
About
Services
Fees
Blog
Australia wide
Payment
Contact

Unfair dismissal and industrial action

Posted by Fair Work Legal Advice

· Monday, December 14th, 2020

The following is an extract from a recent Fair Work Commission unfair dismissal case which deals with the cautionary factors…

Pattern bargaining in Australia

Posted by Fair Work Legal Advice

· Monday, February 5th, 2018

As a matter of general comprehension amongst industrial relations’ practitioners, pattern bargaining is a process in labour relations, where a trade…

Wearing funny clothes; industrial action

Posted by Fair Work Legal Advice

· Monday, November 13th, 2017

The Fair Work Act defines industrial action as follows FAIR WORK ACT 2009 – SECT 19 Meaning of industrial action…

The good old duck test again

Posted by Fair Work Legal Advice

· Friday, March 3rd, 2017

In a number of areas, the applicant’s case that one (or, in some cases, two) of the individual respondents organized…

Even an nudge and a wink can be industrial action

Posted by Fair Work Legal Advice

· Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

Under sec 418 of the Fair Work Act, the Fair Work Commission is required to order the cessation of industrial…

How very droll; but by ship?

Posted by Fair Work Legal Advice

· Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

“Industrial disputes are not discrete events. Industrial disputes are a product of history, the pursuit of what parties see as…

Ambushed by statutory definition; adverse action for workplace right

Posted by Fair Work Legal Advice

· Monday, July 27th, 2015

It is not at first apparent why a union which takes unprotected industrial action against an employer during bargaining for…

By the book; sympathetic industrial action is not protected for that reason alone

Posted by Fair Work Legal Advice

· Thursday, July 9th, 2015

The existence of what may be considered to be a legitimate concern which prompts the taking of industrial action does…

What can be protected industrial action?

Posted by Fair Work Legal Advice

· Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014

A Federal Court judge has ruled that the provision of confidential information to the media by a union and its…

What is industrial action?

Posted by Fair Work Legal Advice

· Monday, August 25th, 2014

What constitutes industrial action and can thus be protected under the protected industrial action provisions of the Fair Work Act?…

Abandoning employment
Absences from work
Accessorial liability
Adverse action
Age issues
Annual / Personal leave
Annualised wage
Appeals
Applying for job
Apprentices
Arbitration
Associated entities
Award and agreement free
Award coverage
Award entitlements
Bargaining
Bonuses
BOOT test
Breach of contract
Bullying at work
Burden of proof
Capacity for the job
Carer's leave
Caronavirus implications
Casual employees
Company directors
Compensation (Fair Work Act)
Compensation for unfair dismissal
Compliance
Conciliation
Conciliation conferences
Conditions of employment
Condonation/tolerance
Conduct
Conferences
Confidential reports
Confidentiality obligations of employees
Constructive dismissal
Consultation required in the workplace
Continuity of service
Contract of employment terms
Contractor/Principal
Coronavirus
Costs
Covid19
Criminal allegations
Criminal convictions and the workplace
Deductions from entitlements
Defending allegations
Demotion
Denied contractual benefits
Disciplinary action in the workplace
Discrimination at work
Dismissal
Dismissal procedures
Dismissal remedies
Dispute settlement procedures
Disputes with work colleagues
Dress codes in the workplace
Drug and alcohol testing in the workplace
Duty of care in the workplace
Email and phone policies
Employee incentive schemes
Employee or contractor?
Employee records
Employee rights
Employee rights in a transfer of business
Employees' duties
Employer duties
Employer policies
Employment Advice
Employment contracts and fair work laws
Employment remuneration issues
Enforcing employment contracts
Enterprise agreements
Enterprise bargaining
Equal Opportunity in the workplace
Evidence in the employment tribunals
Fair Work Act
Fair Work Commission practice direction
Fair Work Commission procedures
Fair work legal system
Fair Work Ombudsman
Fair Work procedures
Fair Work remedies
Fair Work time limits
Featured Posts
Federal Court jurisdiction under the Fair Work Act
Federal Courts
Fitness for work
Fixed term employment contracts
Flexible working arrangements
Forced resignation
Foreign companies
Free speech in the workplace
Frustration of contract
Gardening leave
General News
General protections
Genuine redundancy
Government
Grounds for dismissal
Guarantee of annual earnings
Harassment at work
High income threshold
Hiring employees
Hours of work
Implied terms and conditions of employment and enforcement
Inconsistent treatment
Independent contractors
Individual flexibility arrangements
Industrial action
Industrial torts
Inherent requirements
Inherent requirements of the job
Injunctions in the fair work system
Instructions by an employer
Interesting cases and reports about employent
Internet at work
Interpreting awards, enterprise agreements and contracts
JobKeeper
Jurisdiction
Labour hire/ host empoyers
Lawful and reasonable directions
Legal issues in employment
Legal Professional Privilege in the fair work system
Legal representation in the Fair Work Commission
Length of service
Liability of employers
Loadings
Long service leave
Lying in enterprise bargaining
Management prerogative
Maximum term employment contracts
Memes
Minimum employment periods
Misconduct
Misconduct out of hours
Mistakes
Modern awards
Multi-hiring arrangements
Multiple actions/ double dipping
National Employment Standards (NES)
National system employer
Natural justice/process
NES leave entitlements
NES paid leave
Newsletter
Notice periods for termination of employment
Offer of alternative employment
Onus of proof in the fair work system
Out of hours conduct
Outer limits contracts
Overtime and ordinary hours
Parental and maternity leave
Parental leave
Payment of remuneration
Penalty rates
Performance
Performance management
Pieceworkers
Policies
Position descriptions
Post employment conduct
Prescribed amount
Privacy in the workplace
Private conduct
Probation
Procedural fairness
Protected industrial action
Protection from unfair dismissal
Public holidays
Public service
Qualifying periods of employment
Racism in the workplace
Recording conversations in the workplace
Recovering entitlements
Recruitment laws
Redeployment
Redundancy
Redundancy concepts
Regular and systematic casual employment
Reinstatement
Related entities
Remedies
Remedies in employment law
Representation in the Fair Work Commission
Repudiation of employment contracts
Resignation
Restraints of trade in the fair work system
Reverse onus of proof
Rosters and working hours
Safety in the workplace
Salary, wages and remuneration
Sale/transfer of business
Self incrimination
Serious misconduct
Set offs
Settlement deeds
Settlement terms for fair work disputes
Severance payments
Sexual harassment in the workplace
Sham arrangements
Shift work
Show cause letters and notices
Sick leave
Small Business Fair Dismissal Code
Small businesses
Social Media
Social media and texting
Social media in the workplace
Stand downs
Standard of proof
Statutory construction
Statutory entitlements
Summary dismissal
Summary/instant dismssal
Superannuation
Support person
Suppression orders in the Fair Work Commission
Surveillance in the workplace
Suspension
Tax treatment of fair work settlements
Termination of employment
Termination of Employment and Probation
Termination of employment by small businesses
The Australian system of employment regulation
The Fair Work Act
Time limits
Trade unions
Transmission/transfer of business
Tribunal procedures
Uncategorized
Unfair dismissal
Unfair dismissal and small businesses
Unfair redundancy
Unlawful dismissal/termination
Vaccinations and the workplace
Valid reason for dismissal
Varying contracts of employment in the workplace
Vicarious liability in the workplace
Visa workng rights
Volunteers
Wages and salary
Warnings
Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission
Whistleblower protection in the workplace
Withholding entitlements
Workers compensation and the fair work system
Workers overseas
Workplace bullying
Workplace health and safety
Workplace investigations
Workplace Rights
Workplace warnings
Wrongful dismissal

Get in touch
Make a payment
Request a phone consultation

Client Testimonials

“Thank you for your assistance in my recent case. Your services were first class and I believe my case would not have gone as successfully without you. At all times I was up to date and informed, and I had complete confidence in your expertise.”

View more testimonials

Ask a question

Name*
First Last
Email*
Phone*
Your Message*
CAPTCHA
Comments
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Proudly created by Brandicoot

Categories

Client Testimonials

Ask a question