Employee or Contractor
August 15, 2024
Changes to Independent Contractors from 26th August 2024
Delegates Rights Terms in Awards and Reminder on Super and Wage Increases from 1st July 2024
July 5, 2024
New Delegates Rights Terms in Award
Public holidays and shutdowns over the Christmas period
November 6, 2023
The Christmas and New Year period can significantly impact business operations for organisations across Australia. Some businesses may become significantly busier to keep up with demand, whilst others may be shutting down.
New workplace health & safety laws: Do you need to make any changes?
October 18, 2023
NSW has become the latest state to introduce new legislation increasing the consequences for employers who fail to abide by the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. This is following the federal Government’s introduction of the ‘Closing Loopholes’ legislation, which had a significant workplace health and safety component that proposed laws such as:
Why Franchisors need to be paying attention to the Baker’s Delight court case
July 25, 2023
The Fair Work Ombudsmen has alleged a franchisor (Bakers Delight) has legal liability over its franchisee’s underpayments under the Franchisor liability provisions in the Fair Work Act. This is only the second time that this has occurred and is a significant case that all franchisors should be looking at carefully.
Child employment laws in Australia
May 29, 2023
Child employment laws in Australia aim to protect the rights and well-being of young individuals in the workforce. These laws are different for each state and territory and aim to regulate working hours and ensure educational and developmental needs are met.
Gender Equality Reporting
March 24, 2023
Changes to the current gender equality reporting under the Workplace Gender Equality Act (WGE Act) have passed Federal Parliament. The Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023 now will require the WGE Agency (WGEA) to divulge the gender pay gaps of individual companies with 100-plus employees next year, drawing on data already provided by employers.
Paid parental leave changes
March 9, 2023
Legislation has been passed to boost Paid Parental Leave (PPL) by an additional 2 weeks. This is the first tranche of changes with further amendments expected to be introduced before July next year.
Fair Work Act Prohibition on sexual harassment has commenced
March 9, 2023
When are the changes happening?
The introduced prohibition on sexual harassment from the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 has now come into force. The prohibition applies where the sexual harassment occurred, or is part of a course of conduct that commenced, on or after 6 March 2023.
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