United States: Bigger Rigs Are Better In The Trucking Industry, Says The Third Circuit

The Third Circuit joined other circuits in its ruling this week that trucking companies are not relieved from the payment of overtime wages to their employees whose job “in whole or in part” affects the safe operation of vehicles lighter than 10,000 pounds.  In general, the Fair Labor Standards Act provides that employers are required to pay employees 150% of wages for the hours they work over 40 hours per week.  Prior to this […]

By | March 16th, 2015 ||

Ireland: Bryan Dunne Examines A Case In Which An Employee Claimed For Stress Related Personal Injuries

In episode 9 of our Employment Law podcast series Bryan Dunne reviews a recent decision in which an employee’s High Court claim for stress related personal injuries was dismissed on the basis that the employee had already issued proceedings before the Equality Tribunal on the same facts.  He also examines another weird and wonderful case from around the world; this time he asks whether running from the immigration authorities could be considered performing duties […]

By | March 16th, 2015 ||

Australia: Fair Work Commission sets limits on the reach of the anti-bullying jurisdiction

It’s been over a year since the anti-bullying regime under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) commenced operation, but to the surprise of many, it’s been a slow start.

In the first nine months of 2014, the Fair Work Commission (Commission) received more than 530 applications for orders to stop bullying (Anti-Bullying Orders) but only one of those resulted in Anti-Bullying Orders being made.

Since then, a handful of Anti-Bullying Orders have been made […]

By | March 15th, 2015 ||