In this issue: we look at work health and safety laws harmonisation; redeployment obligations in a redundancy; employer rights to determine where on-site union meetings are held; and whether asserting a right under an employment contract can ground an adverse action claim.

• Key issues in OHS harmonisation
• Reasonable to redeploy to lower paid and lower status position
• Refusal to allow lunch room union meeting reasonable
• Is a common law contract a ‘workplace instrument’ for adverse action purposes?

Reproduced with permission of Allens Arthur Robinson and in accordance with their terms of use.

• Introduction
• The incident
• The offence of reckless endangerment
• The approach of the Court when sentencing
• Drilling company and managing director convicted and fined
• A further warning for employers, managers and supervisors
• The model Work Health and Safety Act includes high penalties for these offences
• Lessons for business

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Enterprise Update – Full Bench rules contracting out restrictions, union entry and union recognition clauses lawful in enterprise agreements

• Introduction
• The contracting out clause
• The entry clause
• The union recognition clause
• Key points for employers
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Authors Barry Sherriff, Luisa Gonzaga

• Introduction
• The offence of reckless endangerment
• A term of imprisonment ordered to be served by intensive community correction
• A caution for workers and employers
• Steps an employer should take
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In this issue: we look at whether an employer has the right to dismiss an employee for not working on a public holiday; Fair Work Australia’s position on intervening in the bargaining process; social media usage in the workplace; proving bullying in an unfair dismissal case; and going to court to restrain a c company’s board from passing a termination resolution.

• Does your business operate at weekends and on public holidays?
• Bargaining orders to be used sparingly
• Excessive use of social media in the workplace
• Workplace ‘bully’ unfairly dismissed
• Attempt to restrain board meeting from considering termination premature

Reproduced with permission of Allens Arthur Robinson and in accordance with their terms of use.