Conduct by an employer which is fundamentally inconsistent with the contract of employment of an employee will, if it amounts…
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The New South Wales Supreme Court has held that it is lawful to send an employee who has provided the…
Unfair dismissal; when a demotion will be a dismissal As a general principle, conduct by an employer which constitutes “a…
There concept of a “dismissal” is obviously a profound aspect of workplace relations laws in Australia. Self-evidently, it is at…
Unfair dismissal and demotion Part 3 This is the third in a series of three posts which deals with the…
Unfair dismissal and demotion Part 2 Yesterday, I posted a blog about the surprising numbers of ways in which Australian…
Unfair dismissal and demotion Part 1 It will come as a surprise to some to learn that in Australia conduct…
It is reasonably common for an employer to seek to legislate a reduction in employment standards upon an employee against…
There are many instances where the Fair Work Commission has equated grave misconduct which justifies summary dismissal with the common…
The common law doctrine of repudiation of contract is alive and well in the statutory fair work system. Where an…
