BUSINESSES will be forced to employ minimum numbers of females in the workplace under new laws being considered by the Federal Government.
Bosses employing 15 or more people will be required to report on the gender balance in the workplace under proposals in a new government commissioned report.
A “DELIBERATELY dishonest” manager sacked after colluding with his colleagues to defraud his employer has had the manner of his dismissal ruled unreasonable by Fair Work Australia.
In the latest decision to concern employers, the tribunal found that the employee’s admission that he had taken money from his employer, Kings Transport and Logistics, warranted his termination.
Fair Work said the employee’s actions were “deliberately dishonest” and he had “conducted himself in a manner fundamentally inconsistent with the basic expectations of an employee”.
But while the tribunal found the reason for his sacking was valid, it ruled that it was unreasonable because of the way the company had investigated the allegations.
“The evidence before me indicates that Kings has demonstrated an entirely inconsistent approach to the employees involved in this behaviour,” it said.
“This could only be described as managerial incompetence”.
The message is clear; conduct procedures and processes professionally.
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In a decision that should end shock waves through the small business community Australia’s industrial umpire has ruled that a long-term employee who was legitimately sacked for repeated safety breaches must be reinstated and paid compensation because of his poor education and poor job prospects.
In the latest ruling to concern business, Fair Work Australia found the worker had engaged in “relatively serious misconduct”, but ruled the sacking harsh due to his length of service and the fact he was a poorly educated middle-aged family man.
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WorkSafe Victoria is conducting a blitz of up to 40,000 workplaces to ensure they comply with anti bullying legislation.
This came about after a young restaurant worker committed suicide after repeated bullying over a period of a year. The business was fined $335,000.
Now may be a good time to ensure you have the correct policies, procedures, training and complaint management processes in place.
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Businesses have become increasingly concerned in hiring new employees in what is not good news for potential employees.
In the last 6 months since the inception of Fair Work an increase in unfair dismissal applications have been lodged to 5200 claims. Only half of these claims have been resolved through conciliation.
However the good news is that you can risk manage your business from the merry-go-round of unfair dismissal by taking appropriate action and advice.
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Compassionate leave is a leave entitlement to employees separate from any other type of leave and is 2 days leave on any one occasion.
S12 of the Fair Work Act sets out who is an eligible family member when it comes to granting an employee compassionate leave.
“immediate family” means:
1. a spouse, de facto partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee; or
Superannuation is an employee entitlement. It is a complex issue as to what forms the cost base and many other questions arise.
The Australia Taxation Office provides an informative portal to answer your questions and as well Biz Momentum can assist you too.
If you have employees working from home you are responsible for their health and safety.
You must provide training, instruction, direction, supervision to ensure their home workplace is safe. You are also responsible for any reasonable changes made to their working environment to eliminate or reduce workplace risk.
We are often asked whether you can direct an employee to take excess annual leave. In certain circumstances you can so long as the award covering their employment permits it coupled with a reasonable notice period.
Biz Momentum has many chiropractic clients in Australia. For the first time in history Chiropractors are now covered by a specific award that names them as respondents; the Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2010.
The award stipulates a number of different scenarios under clause 24 span of hours. This has causes some confusion amongst practitioners. These are:
1. Ordinary span of hours;
2. Private medical, dental and pathology practices; and
3. Private medical imaging practices
In schedule C of the award Chiropractors are included in the list of common health practitioners.
The answer: