Adverse Action/General Protections

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Discrimination in the Workplace - MKI Legal

Membership in the CFMEU A patcher was a member of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). He resigned from the union to protest the union’s inadequate response to the concerns he had raised about safety deficiencies on the project where the patcher and his friend had been working. The patcher’s friend sustained a...[Read More]

Worker dismissed for refusing to join a union awarded $7000 - MKI Legal

On 27 March 2021, the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Act 2021 came into effect, amending the operation of casual employment under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Fair Work Act). &nbsp; Summary of Recent Changes Recent changes to the Fair Work Act have: created a statutory definition of what constitutes...[Read More]

Changes to Casuals under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) – What You Need to Know - MKI Legal

Contravening a modern award makes employer liable for payment of backpay to underpaid employees and civil penalties Case background The three employers all owned and operated fast food stores and employed about 30 employees. The employees they hired were classified as adult and junior employees. Those employees were covered by a modern award specifying the...[Read More]

Contravening a modern award makes employer liable for payment of backpay to underpaid employees and civil penalties - MKI Legal

Refusing a pregnant employee’s return to work – an adverse action prejudicial to employment for which employer meted civil penalty Case background The employer was a gourmet food distributor and it hired a sales executive full-time to visit customers to solicit orders. Her duties included driving for extended periods to visit their customers to solicit...[Read More]

Refusing a pregnant employee’s return to work – an adverse action prejudicial to employment for which employer meted civil penalty - MKI Legal

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Things an Employment Lawyer Can Do - MKI Legal

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Discrimination and Coronavirus (COVID-19) - MKI Legal

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If you believe you have been discriminated against in the workplace, you should seek legal advice to determine the nature of any claim and the course of action

What is unlawful discrimination? - MKI Legal

Before making a general protections claim you need to consider if you are eligible to make a general protections claim. Only national system employees can make a general protections claim. 

General Protections Claims – The Basics

An employer is said to have taken adverse action against an employee when they dismiss an employee, injure them in their employment, alter the employee’s position to their detriment or discriminate against the employee.