1. The Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities (Vic)
2. The Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008
3. Dismissal of an employee was found to be discriminatory despite the employer complying with the Workplace Relations Act
4. Liability for bullying
5. Dishonesty of an employee justified termination
   

1. Employee dismissed for reporting her employer
2. Employee reinstated after the employer’s investigation was found to be lacking
3. Consultation and redundancy
4. Restraint of trade clause enforced
   

1. Workplace Relations Fact Sheet
2. Human Resources policy incorporated into contract of employment- revisited
3. The Disability Act (Vic) 2006
   
4. The importance of conducting compulsory Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) training in defending discrimination claims.
5. Handling Employee Grievances
6. Redundancy – Genuine Operational Reasons
   

1. The full bench of the Federal Court finds that a company’s Human Resources policy was incorporated in the contract of employment.
   
2. A Fairness Test policy guide has been released by the Workplace Authority to assist employers apply the fairness test to their employees AWA’s or collective agreements.
   
3. The Equal Opportunity Act (Vic) has been amended, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of employment activity.
   
4. New Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (Vic) came into effect on 1 July 2007.
   
5. The Federal Magistrates Court has made its first ruling on what constitutes ‘ordinary hours’ of work for the payment of notice under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth).
   
6. An epileptic nurse wins an unlawful discrimination claim over rostering
   

The Health Professions Registration Act 2005 came into effect in Victoria on 1 July 2007. The primary purpose of the Act is to protect the public by providing a common system for the registration, complaint handling and investigations of health professionals about their conduct, competence and ability to practice. When the Act was introduced, it repealed eleven other health profession registration Acts to provide a consolidated regulatory framework for the 12 regulated health professions in Victoria. Importantly, the Act does not significantly change the registration processes or procedures