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Reasonable Notice Claims – Update

By Jenny Smith and Beth Kitchener on September 14, 2016 Posted in Asia Pacific, Australia

It is generally accepted that the common law will imply a term of “reasonable notice” into a contract of employment which makes no provision for termination notice. However, this general rule was displaced by the case of Brennan v Kangaroo Island Council [2013] SASCFC 151 which found that reasonable notice may not be implied in … Continue reading

Do you need to amend your parental leave policies to avoid “double dipping”?

By Beth Kitchener on May 25, 2015 Posted in Asia Pacific, Australia

The 2015 Budget proposed changes to Paid Parental Leave Act that would stop parents claiming paid parental leave (PPL) from both their employer and from the Federal Government. Described in an interview on 10 May 2015 by The Honourable Joe Hockey MP as designed to avoid “double dipping”, the changes are intended to represent $1 … Continue reading

Reducing redundancy pay by obtaining other acceptable employment

By Beth Kitchener on March 24, 2015 Posted in Asia Pacific, Australia

Employers faced with making a number of their employees redundant should always consider whether they can “obtain” other acceptable employment for their employees in order to minimise (or reduce to nil) their redundancy pay obligations.… Continue reading

Bullying claims: the tsunami never arrived

By Beth Kitchener on December 17, 2014 Posted in Asia Pacific, Australia

The tsunami of stop bullying applications expected to be lodged with by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) after 1 January 2014, was instead a trickle of only 343 application in the first six months of the jurisdiction, according to the FWC’s Annual Report for 2013-2014. In the six month period ending 30 June 2014, the … Continue reading