Posts Tagged ‘HR’
3 Tips For Minimising Risk In Underpayment of Wages
Understanding an Employer’s Obligations in Pay And Wages In their preparations for the post-COVID-19 landscape, many employers are reviewing their existing systems with a view on creating efficiencies to reduce operating costs. One of the key areas reviewed by employers is their payroll system. Modern awards are complex industrial instruments which can require a…
Read MoreThree (3) Insights from HR and Business Owners from the Pandemic
As Employment Lawyers we are in a privileged position to gather perspective on a very challenging time for many clients with uncertainty and fear prevailing. For others it has been an opportunity to pivot or seek different options to ensure their business survives and thrives. Discussing these points with many in human resources, personnel management…
Read More3 Practical Legal Tips for HR Practitioners in Manufacturing to overcome legal obstacles
COVID-19, the pandemic has caused massive disruption to industry. Manufacturing has been no exception and although there have been a number of companies who have benefited from clients “going local” and others who have pivoted into other areas – hand sanitizers been an obvious one. Many HR professionals in Manufacturing companies are coming to grips…
Read MoreEmployers can ask employees to take annual leave whilst on Jobkeeper – Village Roadshow vindicated in the Fair Work Commission on the term “unreasonable refusal”
The Fair Work Commission has vindicated Village Roadshow Theme Parks’ right to request employees on Jobkeeper to take annual leave. Although not going so far as a direction – the words “unreasonable refusal” found in the legislation gives Employers strong grounds to reasonably request employees to take annual leave (with some exceptions) – this is…
Read MoreApplication for Reinstatement, Denied – How Excellent Complaint Management gives Lessons for HR Teams in Councils
Application for Reinstatement, Denied – How Excellent Complaint Management gives Lessons for HR Teams in Councils Our firm has recently acted for the Fraser Coast Regional Council (the Council) in relation to an application for reinstatement before the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC).[1] Following our successful defence of the application for reinstatement, we continued to…
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