Not long after intentionally underpaying employees became a criminal offence on 1 January 2025, additional workplace changes have been announced or made by the federal Labor government to further protect workers and stimulate...more
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 Federal Government recently introduced the latest in a series of workplace reforms into Federal Parliament. The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 (the Bill), proposes further amendments to the...more
9/18/2023
/ Australia ,
Employee Definition ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Work Act ,
Franchisee ,
Independent Contractors ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Underpayment ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
Workplace Safety
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
The Federal Government recently introduced the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill 2022 (Cth) (Bill) into Parliament, which proposes to amend the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act) and the operation of the Fair Work Commission (FWC). ...more
A Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) in CFMMEU & Matthew Howard v Mt Arthur Coal Pty Ltd T/A Mt Arthur Coal [2021] FWCFB 6059 has found that BHP's COVID-19 policy mandating vaccination, while likely lawful, was not...more
On Friday 1 October 2021, an announcement was made by the Premier of Victoria that all Authorised Workers will be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine to continue working on-site. The Directions which give effect to this...more
We are pleased to make available this year's edition of the Global Employer Guide. The guide provides a concise, easy to read summary of employment law across numerous countries.
Our updated release reflects the changes...more
3/3/2021
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Rights ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Contract ,
Foreign Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sick Leave ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Should I be standing my employees down or issuing a JobKeeper direction When this all started in March, many employers had never contemplated a stand down and most had not heard of Section 524 of the Fair Work Act....more
On 20 May 2020 a Full Bench of the Federal Court dismissed WorkPac's bid to overturn the 2018 Skene decision, and determined that another of its 'casual' employees, Mr Rossato, was not a casual employee and was entitled to be...more
*This information is accurate as of 4.00 P.M. AEDT Tuesday 17 March 2020 and is subject to change as this situation evolves. 1. WHERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO GET GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19?...more
Workplace Wrap is our magazine covering the core areas of Australian workplace law: industrial relations, employment, equal employment opportunity and workplace health and safety.
Workplace Wrap articles condense some of...more