The general protections under the Fair Work Act are principally concerned with action which is taken by a constitutionally covered…
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I am often asked about the legal implications of an employee being “on probation”. Practically, in Western Australia, there are…
A small business employer (see other blogs as to what this means) cannot justify the dismissal of an employee on…
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? The plain words of s.386(2)(c) must be construed such that a demotion in…
The Small Business Fair Dismissal Code was declared by the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations on 24 June 2009….
In Christie v Kennedys Personal Training Pty Ltd (2015) FWC 7274 delivered on 23 October 2015 Roe C of the…
The approach taken to dissecting a small business dismissal in an unfair dismissal case is well illustrated by a clinical…
It is well known that the Fair Work Act is intended to relieve small businesses of the same level of…
“The purpose behind the existence of the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code is to treat a dismissal as a fair…
