8 months ago Must we provide notice to dismiss a casual employee? Must we provide notice to dismiss a casual employee? Does this change if the casual has been engaged for more than 12 months?
8 months ago Can we change an employee’s position when they return from parental leave? Can we require an employee to go into a different role on her return from parental leave?
9 months ago Can employees use long service leave in lieu of annual leave? Can employees use their long service leave when they run out of annual leave?
9 months ago Can we refuse to grant unpaid personal leave? Is there an actual entitlement to unpaid personal leave?
10 months ago Can we engage someone on consecutive fixed-term contracts? We have an employee whose 6-month contract will be ending soon. Can we re-engage them on a new 6-month contract?
a year ago Can we direct an employee to attend a meeting while they are on leave? Can we recall an employee from annual leave to ask them to participate and respond to allegations in an investigation meeting?
a year ago Must we issue a letter confirming changes to an employee’s role? Should we issue a confirmation letter when changing an employee’s reporting manager or work location?
a year ago Can a support person answer questions on behalf of the employee? If a union representative is a support person at a disciplinary meeting, can they advise the employee not to answer and take over answering questions?
a year ago Can we include facilitative provisions in an employment agreement? Can we include facilitative provisions within an employment agreement or does a facilitative provision have to be completed separately?
a year ago How do we determine if an employee is covered by a modern award? How do we determine if an employee is covered by a modern award and if so, which award will apply?
a year ago What can we do if an employee provides insufficient notice upon resignation? Do we have any recourse when our employee resigns and only provides half the required notice?
a year ago Can we relocate an employee into a diminished role? What are our rights and obligations in asking an employee to relocate interstate into a reduced role with reduced remuneration?
a year ago What’s the best way to retrench an employee who is on parental leave? What is the lawful and most expedient process to retrench a long-term staff member who is on parental leave?
a year ago How do we determine pay for travelling workers? Do we only pay for time worked when an employee is sent interstate for work?
a year ago How do we issue a warning for underperformance? What is the process for issuing a warning in relation to poor performance?
