Adverse Action/General Protections

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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

Work in the hotel industry during the pandemic lock down Prior to the pandemic, a hotel worker on the Gold Coast had worked 8-hour shifts five days a week. In the first week of August 2021, the local government of Queensland mandated a lockdown for all non-essential activities. The hotel industry is considered a non-essential...[Read More]

Reduced hours during the Covid lock down - 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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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.