Appeal to QIRC: Out of time – “Special Circumstances” two-tiered test
Pryszlak v Workers’ Compensation Regulator QSC 286 McMeekin J The applicant sought to claim workers’ compensation for a hand…...
Category: Industrial Relations
Discrimination: genuine occupational requirements
Chivers v State of Queensland (Queensland Health) QCA 141 HUMAN RIGHTS – DISCRIMINATION – GROUNDS OF DISCRIMINATION – DISABILITY OR…...
Zero Tolerance for Drugs and Alcohol? Think Again!
FCB Group Christopher Toms v Harbour City Ferries FWC 2327 The Fair Work Commission recently caught employers by surprise…...
FWA: constructive dismissal & procedural fairness
Victorian Association for the Teaching of English Inc v de Laps FWC 4163 The decision by the Full Bench…...
Workplace Relations
February 2014 In this issue: we look at a union’s contravention of the general protection laws; new legislation that will…...
Focus: Occupational Health & Safety
In this issue: we look at the continuing debate on the merits of saliva versus urine drug testing; the introduction…...
Focus: Workplace Relations
In this issue: we look at employees’ workplace rights under the adverse action provisions of the Fair Work Act; when…...
Remedy of reinstatement – inappropriate
Colson, Mark v Barwon Health U2012/10440 Summary of decision 1. This decision concerns only the question of remedy. Previous decisions…...
Superannuation & Unfair Dismissal adjustments
From 1 July 2013: the High Income Threshold under the Fair Work Act increased to $129,300; the compulsory superannuation guarantee…...
When is a “job” no longer required to be performed for the purposes of redundancy pay and what is “other acceptable employment”?
Article by Stephen Trew and Jennifer T Teh Holding Redlich In the recent case of Szanto v ISS Facility…...