Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombusdman, Kate Carnell, has suggested Fair Work’s existing unfair dismissal laws are unfair to small business owners. The Ombudsman has called for sweeping reforms including a new small business division within the Fair Work Commission to allow for fairer conditions to both employees and employers. In Canberra to announce… Read more »
It is fair to say that the ACTU and the wider Union Movement in Australia are licking their wounds in the face of the recent re-election of the Morrison Coalition Government. There is no doubt the ACTU helped the coalition as enough people saw through the hyperbole of their ‘Change the Rules’ Campaign and instead… Read more »
A ruling by the Fair Work Commission in favour of a former Foodora delivery driver who claimed unfair dismissal is set to rock the gig economy with the conclusion that the rider was an employee, not an independent contractor. In a decision on Friday, Fair Work Commissioner Ian Cambridge found that Josh Klooger had been an… Read more »
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