by WorkLegal | Jul 24, 2025 | Workplace Investigations, Workplace Protections
In a recent decision the Fair Work Commission has reinstated a sugar refinery employee to her position, finding that there was insufficient evidence of alleged sleeping at work and she was not given an opportunity to respond to the allegations. The Facts The employee... by WorkLegal | Jun 3, 2025 | Workplace Protections
From 1 July 2025 the national minimum wage increases by 3.50% to $948 per week ($24.95 an hour). That is a lower increase than in 2024, when it was 3.75%. Minimum wages in modern awards increase by 3.50% from 1 July 2025. The increase also applies to modern... by WorkLegal | May 26, 2025 | Workplace Investigations, Workplace Protections
In a recent decision the Fair Work Commission emphasised the importance of confidentiality obligations in dismissing an application for unfair dismissal by a manager who emailed commercial confidential information to his personal email address when he was under... by WorkLegal | Sep 25, 2023 | Health practitioners
At some time in their career many excellent healthcare professionals will receive a letter from AHPRA, or another health complaints body, notifying a patient complaint. After the initial shock and disappointment, what should you do? Just as important, what shouldn’t... by WorkLegal | Mar 20, 2023 | Workplace Investigations
In a recent decision the Victorian Civil and Administration Tribunal ordered Della Rosa Fresh Foods, a pizza and ready meal manufacturing company, to pay $53,200 to a former employee that it victimised by forcing her to take leave and change roles after she complained...