Dear Reader,
Did you hear about this recent case?
A Western Australian employer was left $60,000 out of pocket after two of his employees made an underpayment claim against him.
Did the employer mean to underpay his employees? Not at all…
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Are the Extra Hours You Ask Your Employees to Work Reasonable?
If you are an employer in the national IR system, you cannot currently ask your full-time employees to work unreasonable additional hours in excess of 38 a week.
Next year, this requirement will become even more onerous. This is because under the National Employment Standards, your employees will be able to lawfully refuse to work unreasonable additional hours.
So, what are reasonable additional hours?
This recent Court ruling gives us an example of what constitutes “reasonable additional hours”.
It Pays to Learn from the Mistakes of Others and Their Employee Related Issues
Dear Reader,
Every so often one of those cases pops up in the paper that makes you say “Wow, I’m glad that wasn’t me!”
You know the ones I mean. The headline probably reads something like this:
“Employer ordered to pay $60,000 in back payments to unfairly dismissed employee”
or
“Employee wins $400,000 sexual harassment payout”
etc, etc…
Employees Eligible for Paid Parental Leave
In this week’s Workplace Bulletin:
- Your questions about paid parental leave answered
- Quick Tip of the Week: Book your free 15 minute legal consultation with Charles Power
- Workplace Helpdesk Q and A: Calculating long service leave entitlements
Dear Reader,
The federal government has recently announced that it will fund a national paid parental leave scheme, beginning in January 2011. But what will this mean for you? In this week’s Bulletin, we will answer some of the many questions you no doubt have about how paid parental leave will work.
Which employees will be eligible for paid parental leave?
Paid parental leave will be available to all types of eligible paid employees, including full-time employees, part-time employees, casual employees, contractors and self employed employees.
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