Issue 36, 2018
Thursday, 26 July 2018
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FWC Full Bench provides guidance on when it will extend the notice period for protected industrial action
Employers sometimes seek that, if the Commission makes a protected action ballot order (PABO), it impose a longer period of notice of industrial action on a union beyond the standard 3 working days.
Thursday, 26 July 2018
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When is an injury or illness work related?
In most States, to be eligible for workers’ compensation the injured worker needs to show a link between the injury and their work, usually this is shown with medical evidence, in which a Doctor says that that a worker’s employment played a significant contributing factor to the injury.
Thursday, 26 July 2018
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Recent US decision on delivery workers
The Fair Work Ombudsman’s recent commencement of a prosecution of Foodora for falsely categorising delivery workers as independent contractors has again raised questions as to how Australian law differentiates between an independent contractor and an employee.
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