by Greg Arnold | Nov 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Employers Beware: Proposed Legislation to Criminalise Wage Theft The criminalisation of wage theft is imminent as changes to the Fair Work Act are set to outlaw underpayment of employees wages, increasing the likelihood of criminal prosecution for underpayment of...
by Greg Arnold | Oct 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Last week, the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission upheld decision of a NSW aged care facility, Sapphire Coast Community Aged Care, which dismissed a receptionist, Jennifer Kimber in July 2020 after Ms. Kimber refused to get vaccinated against influenza. This...
by Greg Arnold | Aug 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
In recent weeks we have received increased enquiries from our clients about mandatory COVID vaccinations in the workplace for all of their employees.This is a very vexed question with so many legal factors in play. The SPC decision to make vaccinations mandatory for...
by Greg Arnold | Jun 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
In spite of the difficulties faced by employers in the hospitality sector by the current COVID pandemic and the resultant shut downs, the Fair Work Ombudsman continues prosecute employers in the hospitality sector for underpayment of wages, and failing to comply with...
by Greg Arnold | Apr 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
The term “unprecedented” is now being widely used in the current industrial relations landscape. This is particularly the case with many well entrenched industrial relations principles being dispensed with (albeit temporarily) by the Fair Work Commission during the...
