Labour and Employment Compliance in Australia, 6th Edition

1. Legal Framework: Employment Laws
2. Contracts of Employment
3. Recruiting, Interviewing, Screening and Hiring Employees
4. Managing Performance/Conduct
5. Termination of Employees for Performance or Disciplinary Reasons
6. Layoffs, Reductions in Force, And/Or Redundancies as a Result of Job Eliminations or Other Restructuring
7. Labour and Employment Law Ramifications Upon Acquisition or Sale of a Business
8. Use of Alternative Workforces: Independent Contractors, Contract Employees, and Temporary or Leased Workers
9. Obligation to Bargain Collectively With Trade Unions: Employees’ Right to Strike and a Company’s Right to Continue Business Operations
10. Working Conditions: Hours of Work and Payment of Wages: By Statute or Collective Agreement
11. Other Working Conditions and Benefits: By Statute, Collective Agreements or Company Policy
12. Employee Benefits
13. Company’s Obligation to Provide Safe and Healthy Workplace
14. Immigration, Secondment and Foreign Assignment
15. Restrictive Covenants and Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
16. Protection of Whistleblowing Claims
17. Prohibition of Discrimination in The Workplace
18. Smoking in the Workplace
19. Use of Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace
20. AIDS, HIV, SARS, Bloodborne Pathogens
21. Dress and Grooming Requirements
22. Privacy, Technology and Transfer of Personal Data
23. Workplace Investigations for Complaints of Discrimination, Harassment, Fraud, Theft and Whistleblowing
24. Affirmative Action/Non-Discrimination Requirements
25. Resolution of Labour, Discrimination and Employment Disputes: Litigation, Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation
26. Employer Recordkeeping, Data Protection, and Employee Access to Personnel Files and Records
27. Required Notices and Postings