Andrew Bland with Peter Switzer on Sky Business News discussing the industrial relations impact of the Qantas dispute.
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- JobKeeper Directions in Fair Work Act to continue – not only for those receiving JobKeeper payments
- High Court overturns Mondelez leave decision
- Labour hire workers: contractors or employees?
- FWC announces a 1.75% wage increase - with different start dates for different industries
- Casual Employment - compounding uncertainty for Employers
- Fair Work Ombudsman audit finds 48% of employers non-compliant with workplace obligations
- JobKeeper Fact Sheet
- JobKeeper – What You Need To Know
- How to Manage Self-Isolating Employees
- Don’t be the next employer in the headlines for employee underpayments
- Deadline 1 March 2020 - How do the new annualised salary provisions affect your business?
- New annualised salary provisions to take effect 1 March 2020
- FWC endorses inherent requirements dismissal
- Flawed Investigation: Employer liable for sexual harassment
- Derogatory Facebook post not automatic ground for dismissal
- FWC reminder: there are two “Os” in “BOOT”
- Small Business Deserves Better Protection from Unfair Dismissal Claims
- High Court challenge to personal leave entitlements
- Redundancy and redeployment; minimising unfair dismissal
- Labour Hire Back on the Agenda
- FWC send clear message: termination by text is unacceptable
- Corporate whistleblowers to get better protection
- FWC announces a 3% wage increase - effective from 1 July 2019
- Terminating employment during probation – why you should provide a reason
- FWO cashed up to investigate and prosecute sham contract arrangements
- Employer liable for sexual harassment by employee
- When can an employer require a medical examination
- Understanding bullying and reasonable management action
- How does the FWC determine unfair dismissal cases
- Stereotypes affecting mature aged workers
- White Papers
- Employers more accountable for decisions about flexible work arrangements
- FWO triumphs in its first racial discrimination prosecution
- Is it OK to sack your employees via phone, text or email
- Determining whether your employees are award-free
- Bizarre Facebook messenger conversation leads to surprising sacking
- More changes ahead for casual employees
- A casual approach to casuals could cost you
- The importance of policy communication and training
- FWC supports dismissal for lack of capacity
- Employees keeping ‘hush hush’ during workplace investigations
- The Fair Work Act fights back to protect vulnerable workers
- Are you misclassifying your workers as Independent Contractors
- Workplace culture and respectful relations between employees
- The importance of responding to bullying allegations
- Resignations in the ‘heat of the moment’
- FWC has announced increases in national minimum wage -effective from 1 July 2018
- Procedural Fairness: Providing employees with an opportunity to respond to the reasons for dismissal
- Hands off the phone
- Calculating Earnings for the unfair dismissal high income threshold
- Are prospective employees obliged to disclose medical conditions
- The fine line between harmless banter and sexual harassment
- What are your reasons for dismissal
- Improper social media use out of hours
- Casual vs Permanent: The consequences of getting it wrong
- Responding to Allegations of Sexual Harassment
- Establishing the genuine reason for a redundancy
- The importance of a Drug and Alcohol Policy
- Dealing with employees who lie on their CV’s
- Can an offensive comment towards a colleague warrant dismissal
- Unfair Dismissal: When will reinstatement be inappropriate
- Timing Critical in Adverse Action against Pregnant Employee
- Is refusing to accept a pay-cut a redundancy situation
- Managing performance issues through informal methods
- Accountancy firm held liable for client’s breaches of the Fair Work Act
- Recent FWC Decision: Casual conversion to permanent employment
- Employers can face hefty costs when involved in confidentiality breaches
- The FWC has announced increases in national minimum wage effective from 1 July 2017
- Raising Occupational Health and Safety concerns in the workplace
- Managing internet and email use in the workplace
- Should company policies form part of the employment contract?
- Disability Discrimination in the workplace
- Australia & the ‘Gig Economy’
- Employer Obligations when implementing redundancies
- Protecting the goodwill of your business: Restraints of Trade
- Protecting the goodwill of your business: Restraints of Trade
- Recent Privacy Act Changes
- Knowing when abandonment of employment is official
- FWC rules to cut Sunday and Public Holiday Penalty Rates
- No compensation for reasonable management action
- Recognising a ‘sham’ contract
- Discrimination on the basis of a criminal record
- When does banter between co-workers cross the line?
- The ‘silly season’
- Can you be sacked for your Facebook comments?
- Restraint of Trade: How far is too far?
- When swearing amounts to verbal abuse
- A tougher FWO to protect Australia’s vulnerable workers
- A very flawed approach to the Dismissal Process
- The importance of drafting clear Employment Contracts
- Effective drug and alcohol polices cover drug testing best practice
- Returning to work after parental leave
- Showing your Employees Compassion and Support
- Calculating Redundancy Pay: Do previous casual hours count?
- Termination for serious misconduct
- Valid Reason + Procedural Fairness = Termination done right
- Changes to modern award provisions for annual leave
- Tips for managing underperforming staff
- When can a Casual worker be protected from Unfair Dismissal?
- Quitting, absent, or just angry?
- The heavy price to pay when employers engage in misleading or deceptive conduct
- Is your worker an intern or an employee?
- Can you sack a worker for refusing to take a pay cut?
- Supporting Diversity: What can employers do to prevent age and disability discrimination in the workplace?
- FWC has announced increases in national minimum wage from 1 July 2016
- Can Employers Conduct Drug and Alcohol Testing on Employees?
- Relevance of Criminal History Police Checks in the Workplace
- Swearing in the Workplace: Where to draw the line
- Keeping an Eye on your Employees: What is allowed?
- Avoiding liability for the wrongdoing of employees
- Sacked for Out of Hours Conduct
- Drunken Behaviour Not Grounds for Dismissal
- How Old is too Old? The relevance of older workplace complaints
- HR Manager Ordered to Pay Fine
- Handling Difficult Employees
- Adverse Action: Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth
- Discrimination can be a Costly Exercise
- When Unfriending Amounts to Bullying
- Modern Awards to allow employers to direct employees to take annual leave
- Pre-Employment Medicals – Beneficial or Discriminatory?
- Pitfalls of a Tardy Investigation Process
- Can Employers Require Employees to undergo Medical Examinations?
- First Finding Made in a Bullying Application
- When Does Bullying Occur at Work?
- Who is Responsible for Breaches of the Fair Work Act?
- Webinar A-Z of Performance Management
- Sky News Business with Peter Switzer and Andrew Bland
- Fair Work ombudsman Audit
- When Can an Office Romance Lead to Dismissal?
- FWC has announced increase in national minimum wage from 1 July 2015
- Whose Responsibility is Paid Parental Leave?
- Conflict of Interest and Secondary Employment
- Internship or Unpaid Work?
- Waiving the Obligation for Redundancy Pay
- Flawed Workplace Investigation
- Flawed Workplace Investigation
- Drug and Alcohol Testing in the workplace - Duty or Liability?
- Performance Management: Keep it professional to avoid problems
- Still don't have a Social Media policy?
- Harsh treatment of employee held not to be ‘bullying’
- Qantas – Time Frame on Job-Sharing Arrangement
- Discrimination - What not to ask
- Redundancy Payments and Alternative Employment
- Drunk at work: Held not to be serious misconduct
- Assessing The Bullying Barrier
- Director Held Responsible for Underpayment of Employee
- Setting the Bar for Serious Misconduct
- The silly season
- Australian employment contracts - No implied term of mutual trust & confidence
- Hard days night: Living away from home allowance
- Who owns your LinkedIn contacts?
- Is it OK to change an employee’s contract?
- What happens when harassment occurs outside the office?
- New standard set for workplace harassment compensation
- Redundancy and redeployment: key points for Australian employers
- Increased Award rate wages from 1 July 2014
- The ins and outs of workplace investigations
- Long term medical issues: the how, why and when to terminate employment
- Support person is not an advocate
- Update: review of Modern Awards
- Workers' dismissal for pornographic emails 'unfair': check your corporate culture
- Hiring for diversity: mining co gets green light for women-only jobs
- Bring Your Own Device - tips for employers
- Linfox (again): proving the value of workplace social media policies
- Employers can suffer adverse action too
- Change to Fair Work Act: employers must consult before making roster changes
- Employers need performance reviews: five reasons and five guidelines
- Australian superannuation changes from 1 January 2014
- New year, new bullying laws
- Australian businesses must prepare for new privacy laws by March 2014
- Five things every growing business owner should know about employment law
- When texting spells trouble: Unfair dismissal
- Is the Privacy Act a workplace law?
- Redundancy: Should employers consider overseas or interstate redeployment?
- Employment law: Five things every growing business owner should know
- Managing the 'silly season': Drugs and alcohol in the workplace
- Is your subcontractor in breach of workplace laws?
- Federal Court finds implied term of confidence and trust in bank’s employment contract
- Is annual leave loading payable on termination of employment?
- Caught out on LinkedIn: Employee loses unfair dismissal claim after soliciting employer’s clients
- Rudd or Abbott: What their workplace reforms will mean for employers - FREE webinar
- Employer liable: Failure to investigate sexual harassment claim
- Employers be warned: Record fine for sham contractor arrangement
- Employers be warned: Record fine for sham contractor arrangement
- Workplace pregnancy discrimination: Inquiry
- Entitlement to leave without pay
- Avoiding the pitfalls of redundancy: Lessons for employers
- Social media in the workplace: practical tips for best practice policies
- Play webinar now - Employment law audits: Is your business compliant?
- Breaking up is hard to do…but don’t do it by text
- When disciplinary action is not ‘adverse action’
- BlandsLaw free webinar: Employment law audits
- Employers get ready: National minimum wage and superannuation increases from 1 July 2013
- Register now for webinar: How to manage employee performance & avoid bullying claims
- Redundancy or not redundancy? The importance of proper process
- Still don’t have a social media policy?
- McDonald’s: FWO’s lovin’ it
- If natural disaster strikes, what are your obligations as an employer?
- Harmonisation of anti-discrimination laws: What employers need to know
- Performance management: Choose your moment wisely
- Employers need performance reviews: Five reasons and five guidelines
- Linfox update: Court confirms negative comments on social media are grounds for termination
- A new national approach to workplace bullying
- Andrew Bland on Switzer's Business program: Linfox, social media and unfair dismissal
- Regular review of your training in workplace policies
- Four important changes to unfair dismissal laws: how they impact you
- Employers beware: Be clear – and legal – when dismissing an employee
- What is adverse action?
- Be socially aware in business - Herald Sun 21 October 2012
- Do You Need a Mobile Devices Policy?
- Performance Reviews- A Guide for Employers
- Drug Testing in the Workplace - FWA Full Bench Declares HOW it Can be Done
- Employee or Independent Contractor? It’s Not the Title That Counts
- Minimum Wage Review 2012
- A special webinar presentation for “A Country Practice” delegates and clients
- When is Restraint Unreasonable?
- Personal/Carers, Compassionate & Community Service Leave
- Annual Leave
- Parental Leave
- Long Service Leave
- Wide Open Cyberspace Brings Farm To The City
- Would You Tell A Prospective Employer If You Were Pregnant?
- More than social
- Law Firm Helping Companies Manage Social Media Risk
- Using social media? Know your legal risks
- Sick Leave and Compassionate Leave
- Linfox FWA Decision Social Media
- Minister Names Finalists in NSW Rural Women's Award
- Legal Considerations for Employers During the Silly Season
- The End is Near - Harmonisation of OH&S Laws to commence 1 January 2012
- Getting It Right - Employee Leave Entitlements
- Invitation Hands and Hearts Build, Cambodia
- Andrew Bland with Peter Switzer on Sky Business discussing Qantas Dispute
- Social Media in the Workplace - Is Anything Private?
- Press Release Habitat for Humanity Australia
- Lawyers urged to feel good about themselves
- Is Common Sense Common Enough?
- Mandatory Drug and Alcohol Testing - Update
- Social Media Full Day Interactive Workshop
- Social Media Policies – Why Every Company Needs One
- Redeployment Options for Redundancy
- The New Personal Property Securities Law - Get Ready to Go Live
- Drug and Alcohol Testing at Work
- “You’re Sacked”….the Right and Wrong Way to Terminate an Employment Relationship
- Fair Work Australia Releases its 2011 Minimum Wage Decision
- Back to Work After Maternity Leave - Tips for Employers
- Performance Management in the Workplace - Tips for Disciplining Your Employees Effectively
- Talking it Up: Employers, Employees and Misleading Conduct
- Paid Parental Leave Fact Sheet
- Bullying in the Workplace - What Employers Need to Know
- Social Farming - Article in Grain Business
- Sample Social Media Guidelines
- Adverse Action - What Employers Need to Know
- Social Media and Unfair Dismissal
- Farmers Warned of IR Laws Impact - ABC Local
- Andrew Bland Talking Social Media on Sky News
- Kondinin Group Media Release
- Sowing Up Farm IR Responsibilities
- Farmers on Twitter; hashtags over harvesters
- Looking Forward to 2011 - The Year Ahead
- Trade Practices Issues in Agriculture
- Andrew Bland on Sky News
- Farmers don't Tweet, do they? September 2010
- Adverse Action Provisions under the Fair Work Act - July 2009
- Curbing the Golden Handshake - Pay Restrictions for Executive Terminations - June 2009
- Effective Termination – How to Terminate Employment Fairly - October 2008
- Recent Unfair Dismissal Case Highlights the Importance of a Social Media Policy
- A Summary of Crop Securities in NSW - September 2010
- Take Home Pay Orders - September 2010
- When is a resignation not a resignation - don't be guilty of constructive dismissal - August 2010
- Minimum Wage Panel Decision means Increasing Wages from 1 July 2010
- 6 July 2010 Farming Ahead: Spraying on the right side of the law.
- July 2010: switzer.com.au Grow Your Business Publication: "The Growth Consortium"
- Paid Parental Leave Entitlements are here! June 2010
- 31 May 2010 What Iggy Pintado says about BlandsLaw sample social media policy
- May 2010 - Inc. Magazine - how to write a social media policy
- May 2010 - "Rethinking Redundancy", My Business Magazine May 2010.
- 10 March 2010 - The Weekly Times, Ryde NSW. Senator Nick Sherry talks to Ryde Business Forum.
- Why You Need a Social Media Policy In Your Workplace - March 2010
- Post Modern Award changes to the General Retail Award - February 2010
- Employers to Rethink Redundancy with the Requirement to Redeploy - January 2010
- Modern Awards - Are You Ready? December 2009
- 15 November 2009 - The Sun Herald. Maxine McWho.
- Electronic Workplace Surveillance - Are You Compliant?
- Wage freeze for low-paid, pay-scale dependent workers - July 2009
- Defending unwarranted unfair-dismissal claims
- Adverse Action Update
- 22 April 2009 - The Weekly Times, Kevin Rudd visits Ryde.
- 22 April 2009 - Northern District Times, Kevin Rudd has breakfast in Ryde.
- Employers and the Paid Parental Leave Scheme
- Fair Work Bills Development - March 2009
- 5 Feb 2009 - Media Release from Maxine McKew MP
- Be Careful of What is Said When Negotiating With New Employees
- Introduction of the Fair Work Bill - Key Changes - November 2008
- Effective Termination: How to terminate employment fairly
- Next wave of IR changes to apply from 1 July 2009 - Sep 2008
- 2008 Minimum Wage Decision, July 2008
- National Employment Standards Safety-Net, June 2008
- OHS Liability for Directors and Persons concerned in the Management of a Corporation May 2008
- Transition to Forward with Fairness bill introduced April 2008
- 4 February 2009 - Hansard Proceedings, House of Representatives
- 18 February 2009 - Daily Telegraph, "Boom Regions Set for Take-off"
- Further amendment to market power laws proposed
- Update on proposed IR Workplace changes Dec 2007
- Pre-election 07: Where Australia's major political parties stand on IR issues
- Your company's policies and procedures may be legally binding - Sep 2007
- Out with spam, August 2007
- Workplace Relations Fact Sheet and the Fairness Test July 2007
- Changes to Employee Superannuation Benefit Calculations June 2007
- Changes to WorkPlace Agreements Effective 7th May 2007
- Overview of Labor policy on Industrial Relations April 2007
- Do you have an adequate disciplinary policy? Feb 2007
- WorkChoices Record Keeping Requirements
- High Court Decision, November 2006
- Amendments to Industrial Relations Laws
- Urgent WorkChoices Compliance Deadline, Sep 2006