Public Holidays for 2026
January 6, 2026
UPDATE: The NSW Government announced on 15 February 2026 that when Anzac Day falls on a weekend, an additional public holiday will apply on the following Monday for 2026 and 2027.
New Psychosocial Safety Rules Begin in December: What Employers Need to Know
November 26, 2025
From December 1, Victorian employers will be working under a new set of rules that treat psychological health the same way as physical safety. The updated Occupational Health and Safety (Psychological Health) Regulations mean employers must now actively identify, manage and review psychosocial risks in their workplaces, not just respond when something goes wrong.
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
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 employers need to be focusing on mental health in the workplace
August 7, 2023
Mental health has been a hot topic in our society generally over the past few years, especially after we started to emerge from the pandemic induced lockdowns. These trends in society have been mirrored recently by regulatory bodies across Australia creating various safety regulations, frameworks and codes of practice, meaning that employers now have much more responsibility surrounding mental health risk factors in their workplaces.
The comprehensive guide to employer and employee rights and obligations during natural disasters
October 14, 2022
With the recent flooding across many parts of Australia, there will be plenty of businesses that are impacted and many of which will be unable to open. So what are the employer’s responsibilities towards their employees?
Floods, cyclones, bushfires and employer obligations
February 8, 2022
Most employers will already be aware of the need for flexibility during the crisis and its aftermath in relation to supporting employees during the clean up, difficulties they may face in attending work, providing time off for participation in any emergency services duties, etc. This is of course in the context of their business being able to re-open as quickly as possible and to resume normal business operations.
Keeping your COVID-19 policies up to date – what should you be looking out for?
February 7, 2022
In 2020 and 2021, businesses were forced into a reactive approach to COVID-19, having to quickly implement work from home processes, putting together COVID-19 safety plans and assessing COVID-19 vaccination strategies and policies in quick succession.
Risks of Work-Related Social Events
December 17, 2021
As with the normal workplace, the employer has a responsibility to take reasonable steps to ensure employee safety and health and to provide an environment free from harassment and discrimination. Inappropriate behaviour at staff functions, which can be attributed to “good cheer” which often accompany these social events, can lead to employers being held liable.
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