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I think I am being underpaid, what can I do? In Australia, there are employment laws with which employers must comply. Laws are laws and you cannot be required to negotiate away lawful conditions of…

Contemplating starting your own business inspires equal parts excitement and fear. Terrible statistics are quoted about small business failure. Failure should not be an option! Set out below are the 7 things that if done…

The Fair Work Commission decision of James Deeth v Milly Hill Pty Ltd [2015] FWC 6422 shows that whilst serious misconduct outside the workplace can be a valid basis for dismissal, the employer must still afford the employee procedural fairness.

No one wants a workplace where humour is outlawed, but employers must make sure that their employees are not exposed to language they may consider offensive or inappropriate.

What is “offensive” will usually depend upon the context in which the language is used and the sensitivity of the listener.