In a recent decision on workplace misconduct involving the City of Karratha (City), Phillip Trestrail v City of Karratha 2024 WAIRC 00870, the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC) upheld the City’s dismissal of Mr Phillip Trestrail, a senior...

As a general proposition, if a local government wishes to continue to employ, as its CEO, a person who has been employed (or, on expiry of their current contract, would be employed) as its CEO for 10 or more consecutive years, then the local government must first...

  Introduction Various well-intended publications which circulated within the local government sector in recent weeks indicated that it has been the State government’s consistent intention not to require mandatory vaccinations for local government outdoor workers...

Model standards for CEO recruitment, performance and termination (CEO Model Standards) took effect earlier this year.  One consequence of this is that various terms typically included in CEO employment contracts are now inconsistent with aspects of the CEO Model...

The Western Australian Work Health and Safety Bill 2019 received assent on 10 November 2020, with the Work Health and Safety Act 2019 (WHS Act) due to come into operation in early 2021.  Accordingly, organisations must now begin their transition to compliance with the...