Fair termination of worker who refused to return to the workplace post-COVID lockdowns
There has been a great deal of discussion around returning employees to the workplace now that many of the COVID-19 restrictions have lifted, and the extent to which an employer can insist that an employee works from the workplace after an (extended) period of working from home.
COVID-19: The great holiday disrupter!
Despite our mammoth efforts in mass vaccination, it appears COVID-19 has disrupted (and will continue to disrupt!) many employees’ well-deserved break over the festive period (either through isolation or infection).
What’s to come…
On 9 December 2020 the Morrison government introduced the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill (Bill) to parliament which seeks to introduce the most significant IR amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act), in some time.