Recent years have seen an increase in the use of Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) either as a lead up to or in conjunction with a formal warning process prior to dismissal. Sometimes they are an honest attempt by an employer to improve an employee’s performance....

The Fair Work Commission handed down its Annual Wage Review decision on 19 June and, like many things in 2020, it was not business as usual. For the first time, the expert panel was split with a majority decision that all modern award rates of pay increase by 1.75% in...