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The harassment policy was too friendly in tone, so that the employer had no flexibility to manage difficult employees.

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The Australian Government released exposure draft legislation to amend the income tax treatment of employee share schemes.

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This case discussed when behaviour is considered to be 'at work' and within the bullying regime in the Fair Work Act 2009.

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Relationships are dynamic and employees need to be aware that actions out of work may have a very real impact at work.

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2 October 2014 Sydney Community College Inc v Mudie [2014] NSWWCCPD 62 Deputy President Roche This case deals with a challenge to a factual finding of injury; alleged failure to consider general practitioner’s clinical notes and relevance of absence…

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28 August 2014 Northern NSW Local Health District (Tweed Heads Hospital) v Conaghan [2014] NSWWCCPD 54 Deputy President O'Grady This case deals with section 4 Workers Compensation Act 1987; injury arising out of or in course of employm…

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These decisions have emphasised the importance of the duty of good faith and fidelity that employees owe their employers.

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4 August 2014 StateCover Mutual Ltd v Cameron [2014] NSWWCCPD 49 Deputy President Roche This case deals with a claim for lump sum death benefit; disease contracted by a gradual process; melanoma; whether employment is a substantial contributing facto…

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The Telum decision provides some guidance on how the word 'casual? may be interpreted when applying the Fair Work Act.

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The Court said a term of mutual trust and confidence was not needed for the effective operation of employment contracts.

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It was too early to conclusively determine the impact of the amendments on he financial sustainability of the scheme.

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In July 2014, the NSW Workers Compensation Commission delivered a number of important Presidential decisions.  This bulletin is a summary of some key decisions. 30 June 2014 Sedrak v Rooty Hill RSL Club Ltd [2014] NSWWCCPD 40 Deputy President Ro…

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The Commission will take a common sense approach to bullying and not interfere with genuine management actions or decisions.

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Without a WCD, the Commission retains jurisdiction over disputes about an entitlements to weekly compensation payments

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The end of the financial year is a time of change, and in particular to the Fair Work Act and related legislation.

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We anticipate an increase in the number of \"top up\" claims being made by workers who previously made lump sum claims.

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WIRO considered the problem of validly transitioning weekly payment entitlements of an existing recipient of compensation.

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Many businesses prosper by their capacity to lure the best and brightest away from their competitors to work with them

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