Legal
Worker sacked after asking for pay rise wins $4,000 compo payout
A South Australian noodle restaurant has been ordered to pay a worker $3,900 in compensation after bungling their dismissal.
The restaura…
Childcare business ordered to pay $237,000 after defaming former employee
Defamation in the workplace is more often than not associated with disgruntled employees making adverse or negative remarks about their empl…
ASIC to recover more than $400,000 from abandoned companies, prompting investigations
Corporate regulator ASIC has been appointing liquidators to abandoned companies in recent months to recover more than $400,000 in unpaid emp…
How to protect your business from an unexpected divorce
There are more than 2.2 million small businesses now operating in Australia, but as this number continues to climb, so does our divorce rate…
Corporate regulator ASIC prosecuted more than 200 small businesses in second half of 2018
Corporate regulator ASIC has released some new figures on its small-business compliance activity in the second half of last year, revealing …
Business ordered to pay $40,000 compo bill to worker fired for alleged embezzlement
A small dentistry business who fired a practice manager for allegedly embezzling money has been ordered to pay her $40,000 in compensation a…
If an employee ‘abandons’ their work, is it grounds for dismissal?
Some employers may find themselves in the situation where an employee fails to show up to work for a period of time with no notice and no co…
Fruit delivery business ordered to backpay driver more than $80,000 after not providing meal breaks
A business who denied an employee daily meal breaks for four years has been ordered to backpay the worker tens of thousands of dollars after…
“Arrogance”: Slater & Gordon criticised after it files trademark for ‘commonly used’ phrase
A trademark application filed by law firm Slater & Gordon for its tagline “we win cases like yours” is raising eyebrows over claims …
What is a “valid reason” to fire an employee? Lessons from unfair dismissal claims
According to the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) most recent annual report, unfair dismissal applications are by far the most common type of …
