Introduction: With the diversity of people who work in organizations, sexualized conversations and activities may occur.  Very few business owners would intentionally allow sexual harassment; however, determining the line between normal adult interactions and sexual harassment can be challenging. The coupled with the ongoing business concerns of entrepreneurship, it is understandable that many business owners may simply rely on a policy or initial training as a basic safeguard. Especially in small to medium sized […]

The Fair Work Commission has recently revisited the extent of an employer’s obligation to redeploy its workers to an associated entity in the context of determining whether the dismissal constitutes a “genuine redundancy”. Where a dismissal is by reason of a genuine redundancy, the employee is exempt from bringing an unfair dismissal claim against the employer. The redeployment of redundant workers is part of what needs to be considered to fall within the exemption.

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