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All Employment articles are in date order

• Disclosing confidential emails is a valid reason for termination - 11 November 2008
• Court prevents company from implementing shift changes - 28 October 2008
• What is a "contract of employment for a specified period of time"? - 14 October 2008
• Why withdrawing an offer of employment conditional on a medical examination can be discriminatory - 14 October 2008
• Implied Terms in Employment Contracts - It's not just what's in writing that counts - 1 October 2008
• Employee forced to choose between daughter and job - 16 September 2008
• Oral fluid testing: more appropriate than urine testing for drugs and alcohol - 16 September 2008
• Could modern business development techniques void companies' protection of their confidential information? - 19 August 2008
• Bullying employee fairly terminated - 19 August 2008
• The Commission clarifies when a qualifying period ends - 5 August 2008
• Video surveillance successfully used to provide theft and justify termination - 5 August 2008
• Foreign medical certificates are evidence of incapacity - 22 July 2008
• Can an employer justify a dismissal after it occurs? - 24 June 2008
• Failing to meet return to work obligations is costly - 24 June 2008
• Restraints that are too wide are unenforceable - 27 May 2008
• Customers and defining the boundaries of restraints - 27 May 2008
• Conducting a faulty investigation can lead to an employee's success in an unfair dismissal claim - 29 April 2008
• Medical certificate not enough to cover employee who takes day off to go to the football - 15 April 2008
• Not abandonment of employment unless employee gives clear indication - 15 April 2008
• Commission denies unfair dismissal claim of ill employee - 18 March 2008
• Employee obligations and employer policies - 4 March 2008
• Executive denied access to unfair dismissal claim - 19 February 2008
• Accommodating an injured workers ongoing employment - 19 February 2008
• Family responsibilities do not excuse employee from work requirements - 4 February 2008
• Flawed investigation leads to monetary compensation for former employee - 5 February 2008
• Duty of care includes protecting employees from violence outside of work - 5 February 2008
• Court upholds finding that employee's restraint was reasonable - 22 January 2008
• No constructive dismissal where employee not demoted - 22 January 2008
• Security company responsible for assault by employed security guards - 11 December 2007
• Labor's Policy for Young Workers - 19 November 2007
• The consequences of failing to conduct a proper investigation - 13 November 2007
• Employer fined $170,000 for applying duress to employees over AWAs - 13 November 2007
• Compliance with the code pf practice for the building and construction industry - 30 October 2007
• Employer and managers fined for applying duress - 30 October 2007
• Annual leave payment determined by NSW Annual Holidays Act despite WorkChoices - 16 October 2007
• Dismissal of employee who dobbed on employer justified - 16 October 2007
• Casual employee ineligible to bring unfair dismissal claim - 2 October 2007
• Employee who refused to follow lawful instruction validly dismissed - 2 October 2007
• When will out of work conduct amount to sexual harassment - 18 September 2007

• Statement in Company Policy part of employment contract - 30 August 2007

• No guarantee of overtime and therefore no constructive dismissal - 21 August 2007

• Flight steward who took chocolates from plane wins job back - 21 August 2007
• Employee on sick leave with medical certificate loses unfair dismissal claim - 7 August 2007
• Employer applied unlawful duress when it offered an AWA to a casual waitress - 24 July 2007
• Refusal by an employee to be reassigned is not a "genuine operational reason" for termination - 24 July 2007
• Employees fail in "operational reasons" termination claims - 15 May 2007
• Employee dismissed for bullying was not dismissed for operational reasons - 1 May 2007
• Court enforces restraint of trade provisions - 20 March 2007
• Supreme Court of NSW recognises implied duties in employment contracts - 20 March 2007
• Making alternative offers of employment to avoid redundancy - 6 February 2007
• Employees terminated for accessing pornography may be reinstated - 23 January 2007
• Dismissal: what are genuine operational reasons? -28 November 2006
• The importance of computer usage policies - 14 November 2006
• Dismissal for Operational Reasons - 31 October 2006
• Alternatives to challenging workplace investigations - 17 October 2006
• Constructive Dismissal - Employees bear the onus of proof - 3 October 2006
• Employer liable for unprovoked assault by employee - 5 September 2006
• Employer responsible for criminal negligence of its staff - 5 September 2006
• Breach of policies leads to massive damages award - 22 August 2006
• Sales Manager prevented from poaching clients - 22 August
• Standard form contract clause costs employer $2.4 million - 25 July 2006
• Can employees be made to sign AWAs on promotion - 25 July 2006
• Genuine operational reasons stop unfair dismissal claim - 11 July 2006
• Employee denied car due to incentive program - 11 July 2006
• Employer's duty of care to independent contractors - 18 April 2006
• No excuses for bad supervisor behaviour - 4 April 2006
• Regular casual employees gain right to convert to permanent - 21 March 2006
• Compensation for psychological injury - 21 March 2006
• NSW IRC has power to reinstate employees covered by a federal award - 7 March 2006
• Settlement agreement stymies unfair dismissal bid - 7 March 2006
• Driver sacked for calling talk back radio gets compensation - 21 February 2006
• Network Ten fails to prevent news presenter leaving - 7 February 2006
• Deliberate peanut contamination justifies dismissal - 7 February 2006
• Unfair dismissal claims; claims for reinstatement in NSW - 24 January 2006
• New National Workplace Relations Laws Update - 8 November 2005 (PDF)
• Liability for pre-employment representations - 20 September 2005
• Reinstatement means what it says - 26 July 2005
• Australian Industrial Relations Commission clarifies 'remuneration' - 26 July 2005
• Super Choice: Spoilt for Choice - July 2005
• ABLaw: The New Workplace Laws: A Natural Progression
• Termination for failing to disclose medical history not unfair - 28 June 2005
• Employee reinstated despite breaching no smoking policy - 14 June 2005
• Stress claims produce mixed legal messages - June 2005
• Unfair dismissals - how employers can avoid the heat - June 2005
• Employment Contracts explained - June 2005
• Mentally ill worker reinstated after being terminated - 17 May 2005
• Some seasonal workers can make unfair dismissal claims - 17 May 2005
• The psychiatric liabilities of excessive workloads - 3 May 2005
• Relocation can attract redundancy payments - 3 May 2005
• Sexual harassment and unfair dismissal: where does travel begin and work end? - 5 April 2005
• Second probation period rules employee out of unfair dismissal claim - 22 March 2005
• A quandary of awards, good pay and unfair dismissals - 22 March 2005
• Redundancy and a 'fair go all round' - 8 March 2005
• 12 months' notice for 3 years work - 8 March 2005
• Dismissal of an employee who ignored safety requirements - 22 February 2005
• New employment contract may amount to a dismissal - 22 February 2005
• Mergers and Acquisitions: Employing Employees - 8 February 2005
• Effectively drafting and enforcing restraints of trade - 8 February 2005
• Employer Liable for Indemnity Costs After Losing Restraint Case - 30 November 2004
• Dismissal Following Refusal To Undergo Alcohol Test Harsh - 30 November 2004
• Employer Liable for Illegal Act of Employee - 17 November 2004
• Employer - Unable to Recover Overpayment of Sick Leave - 17 November 2004
• No unfair contracts claims by employees who earn over $200,000 - 2 November 2004
• Store worker who could not lift fails to get job back - 19 October 2004
• Employee loses appeal over sacking for non performance of duties - 19 October 2004
• Unfair termination for storage of pornographic material - 8 September 2004
• Termination for poor performance upheld - 25 August 2004
• The implied duty of mutual trust and confidence revisited - 11 August 2004
• Employee ordered to repay training costs - 14 July 2004
• 000 caller told to watch the news - 14 July 2004
• Casual employee prevented from bringing unfair dismissal claim - 30 June 2004
• Federal Court Finds Company and Manager Guilty of Contempt - 30 June 2004
• Labour Hire Company could be the true Employer - 16 June 2004
• The law of return to work plans - 5 May 2004
• Workplace fights and termination decisions - 21 April 2004
• Transfer of an employee between work sites - 7 April 2004
• Falsified overtime claim - 7 April 2004
• Employer may not have Rights to an Employee's Invention - 10 March 2004
• Urine sample - No way! - 25 February 2004
• Should you be paying your contractor's super? - 28 January 2004

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