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The top 5 workplace issues for employers in 2022
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Federal Court makes declaration regarding employee transfer
The Federal Court has declared that the transfer of workers currently employed by Crown in Melbourne and Perth to new private gaming facilities in Sydney will not result in a 'transfer of business' under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the FW Act). ...
Court finds heights risk 'significant and obvious'
A principal contractor and an employer have been ordered to pay nearly $700,000 collectively to a window glazier who fell from a 4.5 metre tall ladder while placing silicone between a steel column and a window. ...
Court finds employment only needs to be one significant cause of a workplace injury to hold employer liable
An injured employee has been awarded damages in circumstances where it was unclear whether the root cause of his injury was his employment, personal leisure activities, or a degenerative disease. ...
FWC Full Bench upholds reinstatement of worker dismissed for breach of mobile phone rules
A Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (the FWC) has upheld a decision to reinstate a worker after he was dismissed for contravening the employer's mobile phone usage policy.1 The Full Bench agreed with an earlier decision of a single member of the FWC, deciding that the dismissal was harsh, taking into account the employee's circumstances. ...
WHS prosecutor made to pay costs
A Queensland safety prosecutor has been directed to pay a defendant's costs after learning information on day one of the trial that put it on notice its expert evidence did not support the charge brought. ...
Queensland site access requirement lawful and reasonable
In a decision following the Mt Arthur Coal case, the Fair Work Commission (the FWC) has decided that a vaccination site access requirement for BHP's coal mines in Queensland was a lawful and reasonable direction, having regard to privacy laws and the right to bodily integrity. ...
High Court holds contract is king in deciding employee–contractor relationship
In its first two judgments of 2022, the High Court has provided welcome clarification in the independent contractor vs employee debate, by redirecting the test back towards the interpretation of the terms of the employment contract and away from a multi-factorial analysis of post-contractual conduct ...
Dismissal of unvaccinated retirement village worker upheld
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has upheld the dismissal of a Maintenance Manager at a retirement village, finding that he was incapable of performing the inherent requirements of his job because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. ...
First FWC decision in its new 'stop sexual-harassment' jurisdiction
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has issued its first decision in the anti-sexual-harassment jurisdiction that was introduced last year. The FWC dismissed the application after finding that the parties no longer worked in the same location and there was therefore no risk of interaction that could give ...