In this special end of year publication, we take a look back at another tumultuous year in Australian employment law following significant changes. Almost every area of Australian employment law has over the past two years...more
12/6/2024
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Australia ,
Domestic Violence ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Fair Work Act ,
Labor Regulations ,
Paid Leave ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Unpaid Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
Workplace Safety
The Proposed Law - On 15 February 2024, Assemblymember Matt Haney introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 2751—Employer Communications During Nonworking Hours. AB 2751 would cement an employee’s right to ignore communications from...more
The Federal Labor Government (Government) has completed its third tranche of workplace relations reform with the recent passage through Federal Parliament of its Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Bill...more
2/26/2024
/ Arbitration ,
Australia ,
Compliance ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Fair Work Act ,
Fair Work Commission ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
Minimum Wage ,
Opt-Outs ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Wage and Hour
As we approach 1 July 2023, a number of the key financial thresholds relating to employees will increase. We have prepared a handy key thresholds table for the 2023/2024 financial year for employers. Click here to view the...more
On 4 November 2022 we published a summary of the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill 2022 (Cth) (Bill) as it was introduced into Parliament. You are able to access that summary here. In passing the Bill, Parliament made a...more
On 21 May 2022, the Australian Federal Government changed with the election of the Australian Labour Party. During the election campaign, the new government proposed to conduct a summit to bring together employer, business,...more