Workplace restructures are fraught with legal risks and remain one of the most challenging areas of Fair Work Act compliance. This webinar clarifies employers' specific obligations and provides best practice tips. » more »
Workplace restructures are fraught with legal risks and remain one of the most challenging areas of Fair Work Act compliance. This webinar will clarify specific obligations and provide best practice tips. Premium members should click through to request a complimentary pass, while free subscribers can upgrade their membership level here for access or register as a casual attendee. » more »
An employer took unlawful adverse action when it actively sought to 'manage out' an employee by making her position redundant, the Federal Circuit Court has ruled. » more »
The Fair Work Commission has upheld a ruling that a redeployment opportunity involved an unreasonable commute, after evidence showed the employer failed to consider all the costs involved. » more »
The Fair Work Commission has awarded an employee $20k for unfair dismissal after his employer failed to prove he was sacked for operational reasons rather than poor performance. » more »
A manager who claimed his employer could have prevented his redundancy by running its business more efficiently has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission he was effectively dismissed. » more »
More employers are now recognising the cost and branding benefits of using redeployment programs, instead of exiting talent from redundant roles, a transitions advisor says. » more »
A Federal Court judge has called for employees to be better educated about their rights upon termination, in rejecting a dismissal claim wrongly pursued under general protections laws by a "confused" employee. » more »
"Significant fluctuations" in an employee's enthusiasm for redeployment were more problematic than minor flaws in his employer's processes, the Fair Work Commission has found, accepting his redundancy was genuine. » more »
The Fair Work Commission has ordered an employer to pay redundancy entitlements to an employee who successfully argued a redeployment offer would have an "unreasonable impact" on her daily commute. » more »
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Failing to appropriately manage ill and injured workers can have a broad range of ramifications. This webinar will clarify specific obligations and provide best practice tips.
