Employment and Labor Law

Contact: Lara Radik, Senior Associate; Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia)

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has recently found that a labour hire employer cannot abrogate its responsibilities to ensure employees are only dismissed for valid reasons after having followed procedurally fair processes. While the case was fact specific and may have been decided differently with the benefit of further evidence from the employer, it serves as an important reminder to employers who place employees at client sites that they continue to bear the ultimate onus for managing their employees and the disciplinary process.

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