The answers should refer to relevant sections in Australian legislation or cases.

1. Is an employer able to vary an employee's duties if the new duties remain within the scope of the original job?
2. Is it lawful and reasonable for employers to impose dress standards on employees who deal with customers?
3. Is it lawful and reasonable for employers to control the use of their work computers?
4. Is it lawful and reasonable for employers to control their employees' behaviour on social media?
5. Read the decision in Starr v Dept of Human Services [2016] FWC 1460, do you agree with the Commission's reasoning? Why or Why not?
6. Does your workplace have a social media policy?If yes, what does the policy say?
7. Must a workplace have a social media policy before it may dismiss a worker for misconduct on social media? See Herbert Smith Freehills article.
8. Steve is a lecture at MIT University. He posted a comment on his Facebook page saying " I hate my job at MIT. I work with some really incompetent managers who have no idea how to do their job. They should all be fired." Steve's colleagues saw the comment he made and one of his colleagues reported the comment to Steve's manager. MIT decides to dismiss Steve for serious misconduct. MIT does not have a social media policy. Advise Steve.
9. Read Lee v Smith Lee v Smith & Ors [2007] FMCA 59, do you agree with the court's reasoning? Why or why not?