Why Your Workplace Policies Need Updating Today — The Commission Is Watching

Why Your Workplace Policies Need Updating Today — The Commission Is Watching

Why Your Workplace Policies Need Updating Today — The Commission Is WatchingRhiannon
Published on: 11/05/2026

The Fair Work Commission is placing increasing weight on whether employers follow their own policies when terminating employees. If your policies are outdated or you're not following them, you're exposed.

Policy & Procedures
You Were Right About the Conduct. You Still Lost. Here's Why.

You Were Right About the Conduct. You Still Lost. Here's Why.

You Were Right About the Conduct. You Still Lost. Here's Why.Rhiannon
Published on: 30/04/2026

Unfair dismissal and unlawful dismissal are two different legal claims with different thresholds, remedies, and risks. Employers who confuse them — or ignore the distinction — leave themselves exposed.

Compliance
The 2026 Annual Wage Review: What's Being Asked For and What Employers Should Prepare For

The 2026 Annual Wage Review: What's Being Asked For and What Employers Should Prepare For

The 2026 Annual Wage Review: What's Being Asked For and What Employers Should Prepare ForRhiannon
Published on: 27/04/2026

The 2026 Annual Wage Review is underway. Unions are pushing for 5%, employer groups want 2.5–3%. Here's what's being argued, what the decision timeline looks like, and what employers should be doing now.

ComplianceModern Awards
Two streams of reform under the SCHADS Award: what employers in the social, community, home care, and disability services sector need to understand

Two streams of reform under the SCHADS Award: what employers in the social, community, home care, and disability services sector need to understand

Two streams of reform under the SCHADS Award: what employers in the social, community, home care, and disability services sector need to understand Rhiannon
Published on: 21/04/2026

A practical summary of the sleepover shifts variation and the classification and pay reform currently before the Fair Work Commission.

Workplace InvestigationsModern Awards