Posts Tagged ‘Workplace relations’
‘TikTok’ in the Workplace – A Ticking Time Bomb?
Televisions have become flatter, we’ve moved from typewriters to laptops, and now mobile phones have become our everything-in-one device which dominates communication and even some people’s lives. A number of apps and online platforms have emerged to facilitate a purely digital means of interacting, such as Facebook and Instagram, and the hottest one of these…
Read MoreRedundancy: A question of intent
The concept of redundancy is a reasonably straightforward one – the employer no longer requires the particular job occupied by an individual to be done by anyone. Case closed. The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) modifies this by adding that a “genuine redundancy” requires two additional elements: that is was unreasonable to redeploy…
Read MoreJail sentence and record fine against reckless employer sets benchmark for WHS prosecutions
In the first charge of reckless conduct to be successfully tried under the harmonised work health and safety legislation, a director of a Queensland roofing company has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for his contribution to the fatality of a 62-year-old worker. Charges against the director were upheld in a majority verdict by the…
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