What is the Fair Work Ombudsman’s process for dealing with employee complaints?
Today, the typical approach taken by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) upon receiving an employee complaint is as follows:
Step 1
The FWO encourages the complainant to raise the relevant issues of concern with the employer. Continue Reading
How to appreciate the employee review process
(Great advice for Managers!)
Article posted by: Cale Dansbee | LinkedIn Leadership & Management | 25 July 2014
The employee review season has come and gone for the year and it’s a good time to reflect.
This is a time some managers may avoid or cringe at as the season nears and that is unfortunate. As a manager and a leader, this is a time for me to stop and take a moment to appreciate some things. Continue Reading
Employees sacked for emailing porn, reinstated.
“Zero Tolerance” is not always the solution as Australia Post found out this week.
On Wednesday the Federal court upheld the Fair Work Commission’s rejection of Australia Post’s “zero tolerance” approach to sending sexually explicit material at work.
It agreed that the workers had been unfairly dismissed. The two Australia Post workers were fired for sending porn on staff email accounts in 2010. Continue Reading
Businessman faces legal action for allegedly underpaying staff $1.8 million
A recent article posted on fairwork.gov.au claims that a Sydney businessman will face court proceedings alleging he was involved in underpaying 22 employees more than $1.8 million.
The article states that Mr Silverbrook is already the subject of court action in which the Fair Work Ombudsman alleges 21 workers are owed more than $870,000. Continue Reading
