Long service leave is a creature of State legislation, not federal. In Wstern Australia, for example, and employer is not…
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It is not as well understood as it should be, but in Western Australia casual employees are entitled to long…
It is a matter of some controversy whether the Fair Work Commission can or should include a component of lost…
Long service leave entitlements are provided for by State and Territory legislation, not the national Fair Work Act. Ironically, then,…
Unlike most statutory work entitlements which for the majority of Australian employees are governed by the national fair work system,…
The Western Australian Industrial relations Commission has held that an employee was not entitled to be registered with MyLeave under…
Every now and again, if representing an employee in an unfair dismissal case, I come across a situation in which…
How does long service leave denied by a dismissal affect compensation for unfair dismissal? In Shorten and Others v Australian…
The Fair Work Act and the national employment standards (NES) provide that where an employee was employed under a federal…
The question whether an employee has to long service leave under the Fair Work Act can be a vexed one….
