Workplace Law

Demotion amounts to dismissal: FWC The Fair Work Commission has held that a supervisor’s demotion to a job “on the tools” with a 9% pay cut was in fact a dismissal, rejecting employer submissions [...]

Recently O’Reilly Workplace Law Director Denise O’Reilly was interviewed by Femeconomy to understand the woman behind the award winning law firm. Here is the result of that [...]

O’Reilly Workplace Law is delighted to announce that we have been named winners in the 2 categories of Best Law Firm for QLD and the Best Law Firm for the practice area of Employment & [...]

Being ‘borderline obsessional about industrial relations’ has led to the Gold Coast’s O’Reilly Workplace Law winning Best Employment and Industrial Law Firm in the 2018 NAB Professional Service [...]

Foodora test case is back on! A landmark unfair dismissal case involving a former delivery rider for Foodora Australia Pty Ltd is set to continue, despite the company last month going into [...]

Casual Workers may not really be ‘casual’ – WorkPac’s employment agreement did not designate a driver to be a ‘casual’, nor was it clear his “all in flat rate” included [...]

What is the QLD labour hire licensing scheme? Since 15 June 2018, businesses required to obtain a license under the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 (Act) who have not obtained a license have been [...]

The Fair Work Commission has today, 1 June 2018, handed down the 2018 minimum wage review which will increase award wages across the board by 3.5%. The national minimum award wage will increase [...]

Significant fines and further compliance burden for business From 16 April 2018, the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 (Act) will come into effect in Queensland which establishes a licensing scheme [...]

The raft of sexual harassment, indecent assault and rape allegations that have been made within the entertainment industry in recent months has put the spotlight on sexual harassment in the [...]