In September 2017, the Fair Work Commission expressed a provisional view that all modern awards be varied to insert a flexible working arrangements clause, which would expand on the right for employees to request flexible working arrangements under the Fair Work Act 2009. The Commission recently determined […]
Minister for Women, Kelly O’Dwyer yesterday unveiled reforms to Paid Parental Leave aimed at providing more flexibility to new parents. Until now, primary carers have had to take paid parental leave as one block of 18 weeks. The proposed change, to come into effect on 1 […]
The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has split over when an agreement is “made” and whether bargaining can continue or must re-start if the Commission refuses to approve it. This arose in the context of an appeal against Commissioner McKinnon’s decision to refuse a […]
The South Australian Liberal Government has confirmed plans to repeal the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 (SA) (Act). The Act, passed by the previous Labor Government in March 2018, required labour hire companies to be licensed by 1 September 2018 and comply with a range of […]
The Federal Government has introduced the Fair Work Amendment (Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2018 (Bill) to Parliament to honour the commitment to provide all national system employees with five (5) days of unpaid domestic violence leave per year. This will be by proposed amendment […]
The Full Federal Court recently delivered a decision entitling an employee engaged and paid as a ‘casual’ employee to annual leave under the National Employment Standards in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). This has been reported widely in the media, for the consequences that this […]
In July 2017, the Fair Work Commission determined to introduce a model casual conversion clause into 85 modern awards and expressed a provisional view about its form. The Commission subsequently proposed several amendments to the model clause and recently published the final model clause that will […]
The Full Bench of the Federal Court has upheld a decision of a single judge of the Federal Circuit Court to financially penalise an accounting firm, EZY Accounting 123 Pty Ltd, which failed to ensure its client, Blue Impression Pty Ltd, paid its employees correctly under […]
The Fair Work Commission has finalised the content of a term entitling employees to unpaid family and domestic violence leave in its recent decision [2018] FWCFB 3936. The term was inserted into all modern awards as part of its 4 yearly review and the 5 days’ unpaid […]
From 1 November 2018, the Long Service Leave Act 2018 (Vic) comes into operation. This will have a direct effect on businesses operating in Victoria. Here are a summary of the changes, however, if this affects your business you should get specific advice confirmed to you. […]
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