8 months ago Will a resigning employee whose role is redundant be entitled to redundancy pay? An employee whose role is soon to be made redundant has resigned. Are they entitled to redundancy pay?
9 months ago Can we ask an ill employee for medical information? Can we ask an ill employee for information about her condition to ascertain whether she will be able to return to work full-time?
9 months ago How much parental leave can the non-primary caregiver take? How long can the non-birth parent have off work given he will not have primary responsibility for the care of the child?
9 months ago How can we dismiss an employee on a maximum-term contract? What is the process for early termination of a maximum-term contract due to breach of contract by conduct?
9 months ago How long must we retain records for former employees? How long do we need to hold former employees’ personnel files before we can securely destroy them?
10 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?
10 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?
a year 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?
a year ago Can we refuse to grant unpaid personal leave? Is there an actual entitlement to unpaid personal leave?
a year 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?
