Employment Law
Employment Law embraces a broad diversity of issues, including:
(i) The virtues and problems surrounding pre-employment checks
(ii) Discrimination issues in the selection of staff
(iii) Dealing with Workers Compensation claims
(iv) When to use an enterprise agreement, an ITEA or a common law agreement?
(v) When you can ask your employees to perform tasks outside their job description?
(vi) How do you deal with commissions and payments during holiday periods?
(vii) When is prior service taken into account for the purpose of long-service leave?
(viii) When can you tell an employee not to come into work when they are injured?
(ix) What is the best way to “free someone up for other opportunities”?
(x) When can an employee perform services for another company?
(xi) Can a former employee take your better employees for another company?
All these matters arise within the workplace from time to time. Often, there are two or three different pieces of legislation (including State and Federal legislation) that impinge upon solving these issues.
These complications make obtaining expert advice from an employment lawyer vital. The employment law division of Central Coast Business Lawyers is led by Warwick Ryan. He holds a Masters degree in Employment Law and has many years of experience in resolving these issues for businesses throughout New South Wales and Australia.
Employment relationships are not merely a legal arrangement, but rather the key to a productive business. We take a particularly commercial approach to resolving problems, which aims to provide you with the best commercial outcome for your business. We appreciate that businesses are made up of a community of people who work within them, and that dry legal advice often fails to embrace the reality of the human relationships within the workplace.
Termination of Employment
Employment relationships are not only commercial, but often very personal. The ending of an employment relationship can be difficult, not only for the employee, but also for the employer. Often an abrupt ending to the employment relationship is necessary for the employer to preserve the profitability of the company, and protect the jobs and wellbeing of other employees. We have vast experience in all manner of terminations of employment from unfair dismissals, claims for notice, and discrimination. The staff within our team have dealt with hundreds of termination claims, and can ensure that you will get the best possible outcome.