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Fair Work; unfair, wrongful and unlawful dismissals Part 3

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· Sunday, April 9th, 2017

The general protections under the Fair Work Act are principally concerned with action which is taken by a constitutionally covered…

Probation in contemporary workplace relations

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· Thursday, June 9th, 2016

I am often asked about the legal implications of an employee being “on probation”. Practically, in Western Australia, there are…

The need for meaningful warnings under the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code

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· Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016

A small business employer (see other blogs as to what this means) cannot justify the dismissal of an employee on…

Counting employees in associated entities

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· Monday, April 25th, 2016

For the purposes of determining whether an employer is a small business employer under the Fair Work Act, which has…

When will a demotion be a dismissal?

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· Thursday, December 10th, 2015

When will a demotion be a dismissal? The plain words of s.386(2)(c) must be construed such that a demotion in…

Dismissals by small business; not as easy as you think

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· Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015

The Small Business Fair Dismissal Code was declared by the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations on 24 June 2009….

Oops; a slip of the tongue or old cobblers

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· Sunday, October 25th, 2015

In Christie v Kennedys Personal Training Pty Ltd (2015) FWC 7274 delivered on 23 October 2015 Roe C of the…

Masterclass in how to decide unfair dismissal case

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· Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

The approach taken to dissecting a small business dismissal in an unfair dismissal case is well illustrated by a clinical…

Smoke and mirrors; dismissal laws for small business

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· Thursday, July 30th, 2015

It is well known that the Fair Work Act is intended to relieve small businesses of the same level of…

The “rubric of relevance”; how the small business fair dismissal code works

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· Wednesday, July 15th, 2015

“The purpose behind the existence of the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code is to treat a dismissal as a fair…

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