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Scharrer v The Redrock Co Pty Limited [2010] NSWCA 365
By a two to one majority the NSW Court of Appeal has held the appellant was not entitled to c...
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Employment regulations are needed to allow efficient contracting between employers and workers and to protect workers from discriminatory or unfair treatment by employers. In its indicators on , Doing Business measures flexibility in the regulation of hiring, working hours and dismissal in a manner consistent with the conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO). An economy can have the most flexible labor regulations as measured by Doing Business while ratifying and complying with all conventions directly relevant to the factors measured by Doing Business4 and with the ILO core labor standards. No economy can achieve a better score by failing to comply with these conventions.
In Africa, Uganda (in 2006), Mozambique (in 2007) and Burkina Faso (in 2008) ena...
...'s salary into a designated fund over the course of the employment relationship. In Korea employers...
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Is driving home from a Christmas work party intoxicated in the course of employment?
Judgment date: 20 December 2010
Scharrer v Redrock Co Pty Lim...
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As set forth in WORKERS' COMPENSATION acts, the time, pla...
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The New South Wales Workers Compensation Commission recently considered a case regarding a claim for workers compensation by an employee, Camilla Scha...
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In an action brought against an employer by an employee for damages resulting from an intentional tort committed by the employer during the course of employment, the employer shall not be liable unless the plaintiff proves that the employer committed the tortious act with the intent to injure another or with the belief that the injury was substantially certain to occur.
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Workers' Compensation
Course of Employment -- Fixed Work Sites
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CASE FACTS: John Karak committed suicide while he was employed by E. I. DuPont. His widow, Olga Karak, filed a petition for workers' compensation alle...
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This notice announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) has suspended certain regulatory requirements for F-1 nonimmigrant students whose country of citizenship is Syria and who are experiencing severe economic hardship as a direct result of the civil unrest in Syria since March 2011. The Secretary has determined that a suspension of certain regulatory requirements for Syrian citizens who are F-1 nonimmigrant students is warranted because it will provide relief to these F-1 students so they may obtain employment authorization, work an increased number of hours while school is in session, and reduce their course load while continuing to maintain their F-1 student status. F-1 students who are granted employment authorization by means of this notice will be deemed to be e...