Australia: District Court has jurisdiction to hear OHS matters

The New South Wales Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) and the New South Wales Parliament have confirmed that the District Court has jurisdiction to hear prosecutions brought under the previous occupational health and safety legislation.

The Court of Appeal decision in Empire Waste Pty Ltd v District Court of New South Wales [2013] NSWCA 394 unanimously upheld the District Court judgment in determining the District Court had the necessary power to deal with health and safety […]

By | December 5th, 2013 ||

Social Media Passwords Off-Limits To N.J. Employers During Interview And After Hire

Scott Vernick was quoted in the NJ Biz article, “Social Media Passwords Off-Limits to N.J. Employers During Interview and After Hire.” Full text can be found in the December 2, 2013, issue, but a synopsis is noted below.

New Jersey employers can no longer ask for private passwords during interviews or employment, as the state became the 12th in the nation to implement a law regulating social media privacy in the workplace.

The fact that the bill puts […]

By | December 4th, 2013 ||

Monthly Update—Australian Labour & Employment Nov 2013

In The Pipeline – Highlighting Changes Of Interest To Employers In Australia

From 1 January 2014, a majority of Australian workers will have access to a new regime to deal with allegations of bullying in the workplace, opening a new industrial “battleground” for Australian employers.

The new provisions commencing 1 January 2014 will enable these bullying complaints to be heard as industrial disputes in Australia’s national independent workplace relations tribunal, the Fair Work Commission (FWC), which […]

By | December 3rd, 2013 ||