Autumn Bulletin
Autumn Bulletin
Autumn Bulletin
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Contents<br />
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employment<br />
FWA warns employers about invading employee privacy .......................................................................................................... 1<br />
Change to definition of “small business” ......................................................................................................................................... 2<br />
NeW yeAr NeW regIMe - FWA rules on cashing out long service leave .......................................................................... 2<br />
employee unlawfully dismissed for insisting on union representation ..................................................................................... 3<br />
Making amends for a $1M underpayment ...................................................................................................................................... 4<br />
industrial relations<br />
NeWSFLASH - Federal Court drastically reduces penalty for Queensland rail .................................................................. 5<br />
economic harm must be exceptional to suspend or terminate industrial action ................................................................. 6<br />
Unions can pursue industrial action before bargaining has commenced .............................................................................. 7<br />
Anti-Discrimination<br />
No discrimination following office love affair ................................................................................................................................... 8<br />
Occupational Health & Safety<br />
Dangerous dismissals - termination of employment for breach of OH&S policies .............................................................. 9<br />
Model Work Health and Safety regulations and Codes of Practice<br />
- filling the blanks in the national harmonisation of occupational health and safety laws .............................................. 11<br />
In the Safety Zone ............................................................................................................................................................................... 13
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