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Employment law update, edition sixty two
Inside this edition:

* Unfair dismissals - can they still be brought out of time?
* The implied duty of trust and confidence: does it really exist?
* First Pay Equity case launched
* Employment team welcomes new lawyer
* HR discussion group in May

Employment law update, edition sixty one
Inside this edition:

* Be prepared for a large wage increase
* Employer obligations to injured employees under the TAC regime
* Landmark dismissal case
* Can you be prosecuted personally for underpayments?
* HR discussion group in April

Employment law update, edition sixty
Inside this edition:

* Predictions for 2010
* Modern Awards
* Officer's liability under harmonised OH&S legislation
* M+K welcomes new senior associate
* HR discussion group in March

Employment law update, edition fifty nine
Inside this edition:

* Are you ready for 1 January 2010?
* Record-keeping: is your business compliant?
* Union rights of entry - obligations of an occupier

Employment law update, edition fifty eight
Inside this edition:

* Income protection insurance and enterprise agreements
* Make sure your intellectual property is secure
* Fair Work calling - telephone conciliations
* M+K employment law team welcomes new Associate
* HR discussion group returns in 2010

Employment law update, edition fifty seven
Inside this edition:

* The cost of condonation
* Unfair dismissal - an everyday story
* Reforms to the application of the 457 visa
* HR discussion group

Employment law update, edition fifty six
Inside this edition:

* High Court provides relief for a head contractor's liability to provide site induction
* FWA makes orders in first case on ‘good faith bargaining
* Follow up to OTE article
* Reasonable overtime - what is it?

Employment law update, edition fifty five
Inside this edition:

* Damages awarded for breach of contract
* Fair Work Building Inspectorate

Employment law update, edition fifty four
Inside this edition:

* The sub-class 457 temporary working visa: A difficult future
* Employer ordered to pay record compensation for sexual harassment
* WorkCover premium notices

Employment law update, edition fifty three
Inside this edition:

* New ATO ruling on ordinary time earnings
* First corporate manslaughter charge under UK law
* Social networking sites and your business

Employment law update, edition fifty two
Inside this edition:

* 2009 Federal budget
* Challenging work cover claims
* Income protection insurance
* Fair + square?
* M+K employment team welcomes new Principal
* HR discussion group

Employment law update, edition fifty one
Inside this edition:

* Fair work bill passed
* Who is in control?
* Award modernisation
* Helping workers to find jobs might not avoid redundancies

Employment law update, edition fifty
Inside this edition:

* Workplace relations in a year of crisis
* Temporary absence: claim rejected, dismissal upheld
* Damages awarded over improper reference checks

Employment law update, edition forty-nine
Inside this edition:

* Fair Work Australia
* Unfair Dismissal
* National Employment Standards
* Awards
* Enterprise Agreements
* Bargaining
* Industrial Action
* Union Right to Enter Premises
* Transfer of Instruments

Employment law update, edition forty-eight
Inside this edition:

* WorkCover: more than just a process
* Accounting for restraint
* Overview of the Safe Work Australia Bill
* HR discussion group and business briefings

Employment law update, edition forty-seven
Inside this edition:

* Federal Government industrial law reforms
* Discrimination: prevention preferable to claims
* Discrimination laws protect against 'imputed disability'
* Family responsibilities: getting the balance right

Employment law update, edition forty-six
Inside this edition:

* Restraints of Trade - enforceable?
* Can you send an employee for a psychiatric examination?
* Superannuation guarantee - ordinary time earnings
* Have you checked your foreign employee's VISA status?

Employment law update, edition forty-five
Inside this edition:

* WorkCover Self Insurance
* $100 000 awarded to victim of sexual harassment
* HR Managers: Know your obligations or face big penalties
* The importance of documenting training

Employment law update, edition forty-four
Inside this edition:

* Unions' right of entry under the Workplace Relations Act
* Union butchered in agreement breach claim
* WorkCover claims against employers
* Misleading job ads targeted by ACCC

Employment law update, edition forty-three
Inside this edition:

  • Changes to Victorian law
  • A case of football fever
  • Zero tolerance to workplace violence
  • Introducing Philip Duffy

Employment law update, edition forty-two
Inside this edition:

  • Labor's first wave of IR reform
  • Bullied employee awarded over $1.9M
  • Sex is ok but lying isn't
  • Running for IR

Employment law update, edition forty-one
Inside this edition:

  • Court comes down hard on employer for failure to lodge AWA
  • Abusing Workplace Inspectors can be costly: don't get angry get even!
  • Genuine operational reason V redundancy
  • "Forward with Fairness"

Employment law update, edition forty
Inside this edition:

  • Sexy and dangerous
  • Heavy fines for pushy employer
  • Employee fairly dismissed after disregarding safety prosedures

Employment lawupdate, edition thirty-nine
Inside this edition:

  • Sexually harassed employee awarded over $400,000
  • Forklifts and children don't mix!
  • Workers' compensation claims
  • Labor soft sell on Industrial Relations