Employment law

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27/03/2017

Can you call your boss a ‘pig’ on Facebook? Unfair dismissal?

Stephen Campbell is a wharfie. His job is driving a big crane. He called his boss a ‘pig’ on Facebook. He also damaged a ship. It was not enough to sack him. He claimed unfair dismissal. According to the Fair Work Commission in Melbourne, his Employment Contract needed to refer […]

01/12/2016

Garden leave in Employment Contract

Garden leave in Employment Contracts Ron Dennis vs McLaren F1 team Ron Dennis and the McLaren F1 team had a fight. Even the world of Formula 1 is not protected from the clutches of employment law. It’s a perfect example of Garden leave. What is garden leave? ‘Gardening leave is […]

29/03/2016

Reversionary Pension to love child

Muriel’s husband died a few years ago. At 54 she fell in love again and was the oldest mother in her city. She called her love child Colin. Her two oldest children, Ian and Brian, are successful engineers. Muriel’s assets are all in her Self-Managed Super Fund. As the sole director […]

28/03/2016

Employee couldn’t take boss’s clients for 6-months – thanks to a non solicitation clause

Employee couldn’t take boss’s clients for 6-months – thanks to a non-solicitation clause The government does not want to stop your ex-employees from working in their chosen trade or profession. Irrespective of what you put in your Employment Contract: a financial planner can continue to be a financial planner: see […]