Here is a summary of the law which applies to redundancies, from an extract of a recent decision of the…
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“The jurisdictional defence to an unfair dismissal case of genuine redundancy can only begin to be established in the event…
It is an essential legal element of a genuine redundancy under the Fair Work Act that an employer has complied…
Here is an extract from a Fair Work Commission case which makes it clear that the consultation obligations of any…
In a very interesting decision, a senior member of the Fair Work Commission has concluded that an employer, which had…
“In Honeysett 47 a Full Bench of Fair Work Australia (as the Commission was then known) held that it was open to the…
When an employer raises the jurisdictional defence to an unfair dismissal case of genuine redundancy, it bears the legal and…
Here is a statement of the legal test which applies when determining acceptable alternative employment for redundancy law in Australia….
A failure by an employer to comply with the consultation requirements of an applicable modern award or enterprise agreement will…
Employers covered by the Fair Work Act are obliged to pay redundancy pay to employees who lose jobs due to…
