Queensland Dismissals

12/02/2022

12/01/2022

If you are employed under a so called “zombie” agreement- the process of having the agreement terminated by the Fair Work Commission after the agreement has expired can be quite simple. Once the agreement is terminated employees revert to Award conditions which are usually better for the employees.

One of Brisbane’s biggest hospitality empires has been ordered to pay staff weekend and evening penalty rates for the first time in more than a decade.

02/09/2020

A recent case in the Fair Work Commission has indicated that an intentional breach of COVID-19 workplace policies may be grounds for dismissal. See my latest blog for more detail or contact me if you have any queries.

A recent case in the Fair Work Commission (Hooshmand v Cater Care Australia Operations) has indicated that an intentional breach of COVID-19 workplace hea

31/07/2020

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Eh Coe is isolating at home with coronavirus, yet his employer counted his days off work as annual leave. His case highlights one of the big problems facing essential workers.

19/06/2020

The minimum wage will increase by $13 a week, affecting the pay packets of millions of Australians as the nation deals with its first recession in decades.

21/05/2020

Casual employees who have work that is “regular, certain, continuing, constant and predictable” may be eligible for leave and other entitlements afforded to permanent employees.

If you're one of more than 1 million casual workers who do regular shifts rostered in advance, a court has just ruled you could be entitled to annual leave, sick leave and other entitlements full time employees get.

21/04/2020

Workplace laws have changed amid the economic fallout of coronavirus — so what can and can't your employer ask you to do, and what should you do if you need help?

17/03/2020

Worth a read if you are currently working from home ....

We spoke with two experts in employment law and industrial relations about employees' rights and employers' obligations when office-based workers work from home.

06/03/2020

The headline is misleading. The commission indicated that a written warning would have been more appropriate in the first instance. It follows that if he engaged in similar conduct it would have been ok to dismiss him. Ultimately the dismissal was upheld as he lied during the investigation.

BHP Coal was wrong to sack a male employee for telling a sexually vulgar and graphic joke to two female colleagues who found the comment offensive, the Fair Work Commission has found.

19/02/2020

Coles says it has underpaid staff in its supermarket and liquor stores and has set aside $20 million to pay back employees.

22/12/2019

Some Christmas reading ......

While most of us have little control over how much annual leave we are entitled to, what we can control is how to make the most of it — and that's by using public holidays.

29/10/2019

The retail giant says thousands of its supermarket workers have been underpaid over the past decade.