Newcastle GP says unnecessary appointments for medical certificates are wasting doctors’ time. Natasha Hawker was interviewed on ABC Radio Newcastle to discuss a recent topic where a Newcastle GP, Dr. Max Mollenkopf, advocates for employers to stop requiring medical certificates for employees to take time off work. Dr. Mollenkopf argues that these requirements take valuable […]
Where does Australia rank in terms of Paid Parental Leave? It is fair to say that when it comes to Paid Parental Leave (PPL), Australia was late to the party. Before the first scheme was introduced in 2011, Australia was one of only 2 OECD countries who did not have such a scheme. Even now, […]
Employees in Australia could soon double their annual leave at half pay under new ACTU proposal Employee Matters’ Managing Director, Natasha Hawker, is back on Sunrise, the Channel 7 Breakfast show, to discuss a new initiative regarding annual leave entitlements. A proposal by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) could allow many Australian workers […]
By our guest blogger, Danny King – Principal of Danny King Legal Each employment relationship is different, and may be subject to multiple pieces of legislation and other industrial instruments that interact with each other. Finding answers to very specific employment law questions is not always an easy task, and the laws in this area […]
As an SME, when you get the dreaded call that one of your team is sick – what do you do? Did they actually call or was it received by text? Most small businesses run a very lean team, so having a team member off for a day – or worse still a week – […]