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Workplace Relations Update |
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- New obligation on all Victorian employers
- Australian Fair Pay Commission decision
- Labor's Industrial Relations Policy and comparison with WorkChoices read more...
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Preventing former employees from contacting clients |
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Through the use of contractual provisions, employers often seek to restrain ex-employees from contacting and dealing with their former clients. Employers may protect their interests by imposing post-employment restraint clauses or by relying on the duty of confidentiality imposed on ex-employees. read more... |
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Placing employees on garden leave |
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Employers commonly use one of two options when terminating an employee. The first is termination by notice, where the employee serves out their notice period, while the second is paying the employee in lieu of notice. An alternative to these methods is to place the employee on garden leave. read more... |
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When can absent employees be dismissed |
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A recent Federal Magistrates’ Court decision suggests that it may be unlawful to dismiss an employee while they are receiving workers’ compensation payments. read more... |
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