Employment Workplace Relations

Director, Philip Brewin is a specialist in Workplace Relations and heads our Workplace Relations Work Group.

Thursday, 30 March 2017

Unfair Dismissals and Penalties

The vast majority of applications for unfair dismissals are discontinued. Generally, this means that employers and employees have reached agreement so that a formal decision or order of the Fair Work Commission is not required. Where negotiation does not result in resolution, any order for reinstatement or the payment of compensation made by the Commission can have further consequences for an employer if it is not obeyed. If you are an employer and ordered to pay $2,200 as compensation for a dismissal found to be unfair, you...

Thursday, 9 March 2017

Annualised salary and award covered employees

An employer which offers employees contracts with annualised salaries to compensate for all entitlements to which they are entitled under an applicable award needs to beware. The applicable award may provide that an employer must state in writing which provisions of the award will be satisfied by the payment of the annualised salary. If the employment contract does not state what entitlements are covered, an employer may find itself facing...