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Campbell FisherCampbell Fisher is a Solicitor and Managing Partner of Fisher Cartwright Berriman and an Accredited Specialist in Employment and Industrial Law.
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NSW OH&S Report Finally Released
Retired Judge Paul Stein's report on the NSW OH&S laws has finally been released by the NSW Labor government, more than a year after it was finalised. The report was handed to then IR Minister John Della Bosca in April 2007, but it was not publicly released...
Tags: report, government, vertical industries, enterprise software, software, campbell fisher
Blog posts 2008-07-22
Policing the Policies
Every employer should have in place adequate policies and procedures relevant to their particular business. These can be wide-ranging and can cover topics such as occupational health and safety, smoking, drugs and alcohol, bullying, harassment and discrimination, training and development, disciplinary policies, privacy, handling of grievances and the provision of...
Tags: employer, policy, health care, harassment, benefits, vertical industries, healthcare, human resources, gender and diversity, enterprise software, software, campbell fisher
Blog posts 2008-08-10
Aussie Legal Courts and Pregnant Employees
Here's an interesting court case: a pregnant employee, who had used up all her sick leave entitlements, was given a written warning about her performance and then dismissed one week before she would have been entitled to 12 months unpaid maternity leave. Although the employer argued that her employment was...
Tags: Employee, Performance, Firing Employee, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-08-13
Eighty-six to the 9 to 5?
Working from home, shift selection, flexible working hours and leave arrangements, extended career sabbaticals and job rotations will no longer be elusive concepts after 1 January, 2010. From this date the government's expanded statutory safety net of 10 National Employment Standards NES is set to take effect. Potentially, the most...
Tags: Employer, Arrangement, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-08-31

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Health Net Federal Services Donates $100,000 to Build the Fort Campbell Fisher House
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Today, Health Net Federal Services HNFS, the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT), announces a $100,000 donation to the new Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Fisher House at the dedication ceremony. Supporting America's military in their time of need, the Fisher House Foundation provides "a home away...
Research articles 2006-06-06
Robert Fisher
UK-based sugar group Tate & Lyle has named Robert Fisher as its new head of global research and development. He succeeds Bob Schanefelt who is retiring. Fisher, who holds a PhD in Food Science, was most recently executive director and chief operating officer at the International Life Science Institute, North...
Tags: Campbell Soup Co., Tate & Lyle Plc.
Research articles 2007-03-05
New York Times Best-Selling Author Antwone Fisher Featured at Opening Luncheon for the Summer 2002 Teacher Institute, Learning through the Arts
News/Feature Editors CLEVELAND--BUSINESS WIRE--June 11, 2002 The Arts Education Partnership is pleased to announce that Mayor Jane Campbell, Cleveland Municipal School District CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, and New York Times best-selling author Antwone Fisher will be featured at the Opening Luncheon for the Summer 2002 Teacher Institute, Learning through...
Tags: Cleveland, Leadership, New York Times Co., teacher
Research articles 2002-06-11
A National OH&S System — Is It Out of the Question?
Following the launch of the National Safety Week in October last year, Occupational Health & Safety OHS briefly returned to the forefront of the Workplace Relations agenda. Yet speculation remains as to why the issue was somewhat neglected by both political parties in the wake of the Industrial Relations reforms...
Tags: Workplace, Labor Party, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-01-25
Dealing with a Difficult Employee
With the back-to-work blues now a distant memory, it's time to make way for a new year of success, profitability, and productivity at work. Employers may not however be able to achieve these goals if faced with employees that consistently arrive late, are unproductive, have a disruptive influence over other...
Tags: Employee, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-01-30
Sign this AWA!
Right now, workplace relations laws in Australia allow employers and employees to make individual agreements known as Australian Workplace Agreements, or "AWAs". The law prohibits an employer from coercing or applying duress to an employee to enter into an AWA, and the government's Workplace Inspectors are cracking down on employers...
Tags: Employee, AWA, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-02-04
Are Employers Ready for More Change?
With the "Kevin 07" victory behind us, the workplace relations landscape is set to change again in '08. It is expected that workplace relations in Australia will undergo a third round of changes since 2006. The current Labor government is seeking to restore the balance in the employment relationship...
Tags: Workplace, Change, Labor Government, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-02-07
You're Injured ... and Fired!
So you have suffered the pain and nuisance of a work-related injury, and now it looks like you're also about to lose your job! You may be asking yourself, can my employer really get away with this? A number of recent cases have looked at whether an employee can legally...
Tags: Employee, Injury, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-02-14
Are Employers Liable for an Employee's Criminal Wrongdoing?
Is the Department of Education liable if one of its teachers sexually assaults a student? Can a security provider be held liable for an unlawful assault by one of its security guards on a member of the public? These are scenarios that Courts have recently considered in relation to employer...
Tags: Employer, Assault, Guard, Security Guard, Security, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-02-21
Bully for You?
Bullying may often be associated with school days, but there is no doubt it is also a significant problem in today's workplaces as well. The NSW WorkCover Authority defines bullying at work as "aggressive behaviour that intimidates, humiliates and/or undermines a person or group. It is repeated, less-favourable treatment of...
Tags: Workplace, Employer, NSW WorkCover Authority, Recruitment & Selection, Harassment, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Gender And Diversity, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-02-28
Low Alcohol Tolerance
A recent case serves as a warning to all employees to be aware of "zero tolerance" policies that apply at their place of work and ensure their conduct does not contravene those policies. In May 2007, Woolworths dismissed one of its store managers for drinking two beers during his lunch...
Tags: Woolworths, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-03-09
Is Your Business at Risk?
When employees leave your business, there is a potential risk that they may take your key clients, confidential information and intellectual property with them. To prevent this occurring, restraints are used to prohibit or discourage employees from removing, copying, using or disclosing confidential information and from soliciting customers, suppliers and...
Tags: Employee, Restraint, AWM, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Finance, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-03-18
Pay Now, or Pay (Bigtime) Later
Recent penalties handed down by the courts as a result of underpayment investigations by the Workplace Ombudsman should serve as serious warnings to employers to comply with employee Awards. A Sydney meat market was recently fined $93,600 by the Federal Magistrates Court for underpaying one of its employees approximately $9,400...
Tags: Employee, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-04-10
Facebook at Work: What are the Legal Risks?
The legal risks associated with using social networking sites, like Facebook, at work are becoming a growing concern for many employers. With Australia having the fifth-largest number of Facebook users worldwide, the Web site is opening up a plethora of potential legal risks for companies who allow their employees to...
Tags: Facebook, Employee, Social Networking, Internet, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Campbell Fisher
Blog posts 2008-04-22
Ensuring a Safe Work Experience
Many organisations have work experience placements that allow students to get a feel for different workplaces --- enabling them to better make educated decisions on future occupations. What you may not be aware of, is that those host employers are required to provide the same occupational health and safety (OH&S)...
Tags: Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Campbell Fisher, Student
Blog posts 2008-05-07
Like They Never Left?
When returning from parental leave an employee is legally entitled to return to the same or a comparable position. There have been many instances where employers have not complied with this obligation resulting in the courts awarding damages to affected employees. In 2007, Nike was ordered to...
Tags: Online Communications, Human Resources, Campbell Fisher, Performance Management, Workforce Management, E-mail, Employee
Blog posts 2008-05-18
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