Employment Rights and Entitlements: What You Need to Knowby Karena Nicholls10 October 202428 July 2025Co-Author: Brooklyn Younger KEY TAKE OUTS: The National Employment Standards are the minimum standards of rights and entitlements of employees in Australia. Your employer may… Read More »Employment Rights and Entitlements: What You Need to Know
Worker bullied at Department of Educationby Karena Nicholls4 July 20249 September 2024Key Takeaways A NSW Department of Education teacher was bullied and harassed by colleagues following her arrest for alleged historical sexual abuse offences. Despite her… Read More »Worker bullied at Department of Education
A Timely Reminder: The Fair Work Commission ‘Awards’ Employees with a 2.5% Minimum Wage Increase, Commencing 1 July 2021by Coutts Lawyers & Conveyancers30 June 20213 April 2023KEY TAKE-OUTS On 16 June 2021, the Fair Work Commission handed down a decision regarding minimum wage. This decision included an increase of 2.5%, which… Read More »A Timely Reminder: The Fair Work Commission ‘Awards’ Employees with a 2.5% Minimum Wage Increase, Commencing 1 July 2021
When Personal Injury and Employment Law Collideby Karena Nicholls15 June 202131 July 2025KEY TAKE-OUTS Mr Rode was a truck driver who was dismissed for making a joke to another employee in relation to making a WorkCover claim.… Read More »When Personal Injury and Employment Law Collide
Poor Culture Is No Excuse for Offensive Post on Facebookby Karena Nicholls11 June 202131 July 2025A finance broker with 7 years of service was dismissed by his employer for misconduct after posting two memes on his personal Facebook page. In… Read More »Poor Culture Is No Excuse for Offensive Post on Facebook
Big Changes on the Menu(log) for Gig Economy Contractorsby Karena Nicholls6 June 202128 July 2025KEY TAKE-OUTS With the rise of the ‘gig economy’, the impacts of the Global Pandemic on employment rates and Australia’s industrial relations system has fallen… Read More »Big Changes on the Menu(log) for Gig Economy Contractors