December 26, 2018
A UK Superior Court knocks back the Uber independent contractor model ( pending any further appeal by Uber). The decision affirmed an earlier Tribunal finding that Uber drivers were workers. The decision comes just over a month after the Fair Work Commission found a...Read More
November 21, 2018
Foodora employee, Mr Klooger, was found last week by the Fair Work Commission to be an employee and not a contractor despite sub-contracting his work to other food delivery workers (Mr Klooger v Foodora Australia Pty Ltd).1 Mr Klooger was engaged as a delivery worker...Read More
October 30, 2018
Often employees enquire about whether their position is redundant when their employer changes their role. The basic amount of redundancy pay that an employee is entitled to is set out in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).¹ Depending on whether an enterprise agreement...Read More
October 17, 2018
Should I record my employer at a meeting? Workers facing disciplinary action might be tempted to tape record their employer at a meeting to properly record the events of the meeting. They might also distrust their employer’s record of the meeting, or simply, they did...Read More
September 5, 2018
When is my Complaint a protected complaint? Author: Mark Comito Published : 5 September 2018 In Fatouros v Broadreach Services Pty Ltd [2018] FCCA 769, the Court applied a broad interpretation of what constitutes “a complaint or enquiry in relation to...Read More
