Monthly Archives: September 2019

After months of agonising, you make a tough decision. The business is going to make (or propose) redundancies. Now you need to think about implementation. Which position(s) should be made redundant? How am I going to break the news? Should redeployment be offered? Can redundant employees bring an unfair dismissal claim? Below we share our [...]

The High Court recently upheld laws which effectively provide that Australian Public Service (“APS”) employees can be dismissed for anonymous out-of-hours political communication. The Court held that these laws are not unconstitutional. In this article we discuss the recent High Court decision in Comcare v Banerji [2019] HCA 23. We explain why Ms Banerji argued [...]