Employees driving shift away from permanent employment
Employers are shifting their workforce mix away from permanent employment, primarily driven by how employees now want to work, new KellyOCG research suggests. » more »
Employers are shifting their workforce mix away from permanent employment, primarily driven by how employees now want to work, new KellyOCG research suggests. » more »
The High Court's WorkPac ruling ends employers' uncertainty over class actions and reinforces the importance of setting clear expectations when employing casuals, a workplace lawyer says. » more »
The High Court has put an end to the "turbulent" case law involving casual employment for the past few years, in overturning a ruling that a casual should have received permanent employee entitlements. » more »
The High Court has unanimously upheld WorkPac's appeal against a ruling that a casual employee should have received permanent entitlements. » more »
An employee's unfair dismissal claim can proceed after the Fair Work Commission found her resignation and subsequent re-employment as a casual five days later didn't break her continuous service. » more »
The Fair Work Commission has dealt with its first casual conversion dispute. Also in this article, the Government will implement all recommendations proposed for improving how the Parliamentary workplace responds to serious incidents. » more »
A casual employee's continuous service was broken when she complied with her employer's direction to resign before going on holidays, and then sign a new contract on her return, the FWC has ruled. » more »
An employer has defended an unfair dismissal claim from an on-hire worker who was banned from a host site, in a ruling that 'respectfully disagrees' with similar cases with the opposite outcome. » more »
New research reveals which levers employers can pull to encourage their workforce to get vaccinated. Also in this article, news on virtual team building and sham contracting. » more »
An employer has overhauled its contingent staffing processes after a contractor was involved in a $1.6 million conflict of interest "sham". » more »