Many redundancy decisions put on hold by JobKeeper 1.0 are now back on the agenda, and a lawyer warns that making fair, defensible decisions about who to select and why will take some careful consideration. » more »
With JobKeeper 2.0 changes coming into effect later this month, an employment lawyer has answered questions from HR Daily Premium members about the new regime. » more »
An HR manager has failed to argue that mentioning potential redundancies during a toolbox meeting satisfied consultation requirements. Also in this article: new misconduct and discrimination cases; proposals to extend parental leave; and more. » more »
The Fair Work Commission has awarded redundancy pay to an employee whose role was terminated while he was on sick leave, finding an HR consultant's communication with him was confusing, "unnecessarily aggressive" and unreasonable. » more »
It was unfair for an employer to stand one employee down entirely while keeping other workers on full-time hours, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. » more »
An employer that made an employee's role redundant after consulting with her for 15 minutes has been ordered to compensate her for unfair dismissal. » more »
Imposing "the whole burden" of a group's reduced hours on one full-time employee was not a legal stand down, the Fair Work Commission has ruled. » more »
A popular employee who worked as an informal advocate for others has failed to convince a court that his redundancy was actually unlawful adverse action. » more »
In this redundancy update, an employer has to pay redundancy entitlements after reduced an employee's hours; an employee is denied relief after he "effectively sat on his hands" during the redeployment process; and two employers lose their applications to reduce redundancy payouts. » more »
Two employers have failed to convince a Federal Court full bench that employees weren't entitled to redundancy pay because their dismissals were due to "ordinary" turnover of labour following a contract loss. » more »
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When signs of workplace misbehaviour arise, it's not always necessary or even advisable to launch straight into a formal investigation.
