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The AWU’s case will be heard on Tuesday, where the union says it will argue the Horticulture Award should be amended so that every worker on every farm is entitled to the minimum casual rate of pay.

Reinstatement as a primary remedy should be seriously considered by employers when deciding whether to terminate an employee.

Small businesses encouraging staff to get the COVID-19 jab should take note of privacy obligations and consider offering bonuses or leave. 

A recent example of a FWC decision demonstrates why employees should not operate on the assumption that the only possible consequence of dismissing an employee is that they may be ordered to pay them compensation.

The legal ground in Australia for employers to insist that employees be vaccinated remains murky.

The Fair Work Commission considered the gravity of financial misconduct in its recent decision, despite the financial cost being trivial in nature.

The Fair Work Commission has decided the national minimum wage will increase by 2.5% on July 1, 2021.

An upcoming review of Queensland’s industrial relations laws will consider stronger protections for people who have experienced workplace sexual harassment, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on Monday.

These changes could mark a turning point for the union movement — and the millions of workers who think there should be another way.

Peter Strong says it is disappointing that some organisations that claim to represent small business people do not actually do so.