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Mental Illness in the Workplace
DID YOU KNOW? Did you know that one in five (5) Australian adults experience some form of mental illness every year? This serious illness has increased over the past 5...
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Fingerprint and DNA Testing for Employees
Fingerprint and DNA testing: Would you let your employer fingerprint you and take your DNA? Of course not. You are wrong, it is about to be implemented at a prominent Brisbane...
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Are Employees Required To Supply Health Information To Employers?
This is a question that comes up quite often and employees are often concerned about the privacy of their health information and may be reluctant to provide that information. Employers...
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How to Leave Your Christmas Party with Your Dignity (And Job)
Christmas is coming..(Leave Your Christmas Party)..and while the staff is jolly, HR departments are shaking at the knees facing the impending Office Christmas Party. So here’s your guide to avoid...
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Work Place Sexual Harassment
In the decision in a case known as Ewin v Vergara (No. 3) (2013) the Federal Court has clarified the position under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 as to what...
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Tweeting About Employment Law Australia
Social media and employment law have again been the focus of litigation in Australia. Michaela Banerji was a public servant in the Immigration Department. Ms. Banerji also operated a Twitter...
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Mutual Trust and Confidence
Some of our other articles have highlighted that the Fair Work Act seems to be forever changing, with new obligations falling on employers as a result of changes to the...
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Cursing or Swearing In the Workplace
The question of whether it is acceptable to swear in the workplace has been recently considered by the Fair Work Commission. In the case of Roderick Macdougall v SCT Pty...
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Beware the Pitfalls of Email
A case that came before the Superior Court of Ontario in Canada recently serves as a salutary reminder of the dangers that can befall a business who are not very...
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