The Law Handbook 2024

Index 1213 reasonable adjustments 783, 1005 seeking assistance 783 discrimination 782–3, 988, 1004 positive duty 986, 987 HELP (HECS) debts 396 non-provable debt 374, 378 Overseas Students Ombudsman 1082, 1083, 1085 school see school student visas see visas VET Student Loans Ombudsman 387, 1082, 1083, 1085 elder abuse 880–4, 894 contacts 894 emotional abuse 882 financial abuse 881–2 limiting risk of 884 use of funds without authority 887 intervention orders 883 mistreatment 883 misuse of power of attorney 887–8 neglect 882 perpetrators 881 physical abuse 882, 894 prevalence 880–1 psychological abuse 882 reporting to police 883 Seniors Law 73 Seniors Rights Victoria 91, 883, 894 sexual abuse 882 signing documents, pressure or fraud 888 situations with potential for 883–4 social abuse 882 types 881–2 under-reporting 881 victims 881 what is 880 what to do about 883 Elder Rights Advocacy (ERA) 893, 894 electric bicycles 661 electrically power-assisted cycle 661 power-assisted pedal cycle 661 road law for see bicycles roadworthiness 662 electric scooters see also scooters definition 661 restrictions on riding 661 Electronic Filing Appearance System (EFAS) 111 Elizabeth Morgan House Aboriginal Women’s Services 167 email see also internet discrimination 739 harassment 742 prisoners, sending and receiving 231–2 spam 744, 1103 stalking 301, 742 emergency apprehension of person subject to NCSO 813 emergency worker definition 1049 driving offences connected with 1050 offences against 1049–50 Emma House Domestic Violence Services 89 employment adverse action 1071–2, 1078 age discrimination 890, 1005, 1072 agreements see workplace agreements awards see employment conditions bankruptcy, effect 366 breach of contract 1055, 1066–7 breach of general protections 1072 bullying 163, 1073, 1079 casual employment information statement 1056 offer of casual conversion 1055–6 collective agreements see workplace agreements conditions see employment conditions contacts 1065, 1073–4 contracts 1053–5 breach 1055, 1066–7 common law 1054–5 conditions see employment conditions contents 1054–15 enforcement 1066–7 implied terms 1055 restraint of trade clauses 1064 copyright in employees’ works 754 COVID-19 and 1073 criminal record 247–9 occupations requiring disclosure 248 public service 249 working with children checks 250–2 disability, people with 783, 1004 ‘reasonable adjustments’ 783 supported employment services 783 discrimination 984, 986, 988, 1004, 1072 action plans 998 contract work 988 duty to eliminate 985, 986, 987 employment-related areas 988 exceptions 990, 992 genuine occupational requirements 992 industrial organisations 988 liability of employer 989–90 partnerships 988 qualifying bodies 988 reasonable adjustments 986 volunteers and unpaid workers 988 dismissal 1067–70 contractual provision 1055, 1063–4 genuine redundancy 1068 grounds for instant 1063–4 individual agreement conditions 1063–4 notice 1055, 1063 serious misconduct 1055 Small Business Fair Dismissal Code 1067, 1068 unfair 1067–70 wrongful 1070 dispute resolution 1072 employee, definition 1054 employee/independent contractor distinction 1054 employment records 1076 employment termination payments 410 enterprise agreements see enterprise agreements Fair Entitlements Guarantee scheme 1067 Fair Work Act 2009 984, 1053 Fair Work Commission see Fair Work Commission (FWC) Fair Work Ombudsman 793, 985, 1006, 1066, 1074 fiduciary duties 1055 freedom of association 1071 general protections 1071–3 procedures for breach 1072–3 remedies for breach 1073 industrial action 1061, 1071–2 industrial association 1071 insolvent employer compensation scheme 1067 JobWatch 90, 171, 793, 1065, 1074 jury service and 26 leave see employment conditions legislation 1053 minimum conditions see employment conditions occupational health and safety see occupational health and safety prisoners 227 redundancy 1064 fair entitlements scheme 1067 genuine 1068 pay 1057, 1064 schemes 1057 unfair where not genuine 1068 small claims 1067 stand down of employees 1070–1 strikes 1061, 1071 supported employment services 783, 936 suspension 1070 termination 1067–70 employment contract provisions 1055 individual agreements 1063 instant dismissal grounds 1063–4 notice or payment in lieu 1056 reasonable notice 1015, 1063 unfair dismissal 1067–70 unlawful 1072 wrongful 1070 unemployment schemes 1074 unfair dismissal 1067–70 unlawful terminations 1072 Victorian employees 1053 work injuries see work injuries; workers compensation workplace agreements see workplace agreements workplace rights 1071 wrongful dismissal 1070 employment conditions accident make-up pay 1062 allowances 1062 annual leave 1056 awards 1053, 1057–8 better off overall test 1057 breach 1057, 1066 contracts and 1053 determining application 1058 disability, people with 783 enforcement 1066 Fair Work Act 1057–8 flexibility terms 1057 high-income earners 1057 information about 1074 minimum standards 1057 Miscellaneous Award 1058 modern awards 1057, 1058 negotiated conditions 1061 old awards 1057 prosecution for breach 1066 carer’s leave 1056 casual conversion, offer of 1055–6