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Can Redundancy Pay Be Reduced? What “Other Acceptable Employment” Really Means Under Section 120

Most employers know that a genuine redundancy triggers redundancy pay. Far fewer know that the Fair Work Commission can reduce that payment — sometimes to nothing — where the employer has obtained other acceptable employment for the employee.  And far fewer still appreciate the sting in the test: whether the alternative employment is “acceptable” is judged objectively. It does

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When HR Decisions Become WHS Risks: Managing the Intersection Between Psychosocial Safety Law and Employment Law

Performance-manage an underperformer, restructure a team or investigate a bullying complaint, and you are no longer working within employment law alone. That decision now sits inside your work health and safety duty — and a process that is perfectly lawful under the Fair Work Act can still expose you under WHS legislation.  The answer is not to

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