An Article in BRW When Qantas invited its Twitter followers to describe a luxury inflight experience to win a gift pack, the airline presumably was seeking to repair relations strained from its grounding of the entire fleet a few weeks earlier in response to a labour dispute. Instead it faced an almighty backlash. Within hours, …
Read more »Law Firm Helping Companies Manage Social Media Risk In an historic first in Australia, a law firm (BlandsLaw)has developed a suite of social media policy products, designed to assist companies and suppliers manage their social media risk. As BlandsLaw has extensive expertise in workplace and commercial law and is an active user of social media, …
Read more »An Article in the SMH MySmallBusiness - Using social media? Know your legal risks If one of your employees posted a dodgy comment on Facebook, or a customer tweeted a false claim against your business, would you know your legal rights? The benefits of social media are becoming increasingly obvious to many SMEs, but the medium …
Read more »Personal/Carers, Compassionate & Community Service Leave. 1. Personal or Carers Leave Background and eligibility The National Employment Standards (NES) details the entitlements to personal and carers leave. Paid personal or carers leave is the correct terminology for the phrase ‘sick leave’. All employees (other than casuals) are entitled to paid personal leave or paid carer’s …
Read more »Recent FWA Decision Stresses the Importance of a Social Media Policy. A decision handed down on Monday 19 December by FWA has once again shown the need for organisations to have a social media policy in place. In this case a former Linfox employee was seeking reinstatement to his position after being terminated for comments …
Read more »Wednesday, 21 December 2011 MINISTER NAMES FINALISTS IN NSW RURAL WOMEN’S AWARDS A goat farmer specialising in skin care products and a former agronomist who has established a unique social media platform have been named as finalists in the NSW Rural Women’s Awards, Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson said today. Corinne Annetts from Uralla in …
Read more »Every year, around this time, we get questions about employer’s obligations to their employees, particularly in the context of workplace functions. There are many parties, celebrations, after-work drinks and festivities for employers and employees to attend, and many of them are connected to work. As such, employers should be aware of, and be prepared for, …
Read more »Andrew Bland was his opinion for an article ”Would You Tell A Prospective Employer If You Were Pregnant?” for Marie Claire You’re interviewing for your dream job…you’re three months pregnant. Do you tell? The law says an employer has no right to know you’re pregnant at the time of an interview. But what’s the cost …
Read more »The harmonisation of occupational health and safety laws was first raised by the Whitlam Government in 1974. Over the last 25 years there have been ongoing efforts to nationalise OH&sS state based requirements and obligations. The national OH&S scheme is expected to come into operation on 1 January 2012 as a result of each state, …
Read more »Getting It Right – Employee Leave Entitlements on entry, exit and during the course of employment Welcome to our ‘Getting It Right’ series. This is the first of our series of articles addressing employee leave and their entitlements upon commencing employment, during employment, resignation and termination. This week we are looking at annual leave and …
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