JobKeeper 2.0
The Government’s JobKeeper 2.0 legislation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package (JobKeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020) is expected to be introduced to the House of Representatives today, after the Federal Labor caucus agreed that it would support the legislation. The new legislation (“JobKeeper 2.0”) extends the flexibility measures […]
High Court overturns Mondelez ‘sick leave’ decision
A High Court majority has overturned the Full Federal Court’s finding in Mondelez v AMWU that the 10 days of personal/carer’s leave (‘sick leave’) per year in the National Employment Standards (NES) must reflect an employee’s ordinary hours of work. The High Court rejected the Union’s […]
Commission confirms strict meaning of ‘stoppage of work’ for unpaid stand downs
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has confirmed a strict interpretation of the concept of ‘stoppage of work’ under s 524 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act), which provides: An employer may, under this subsection, stand down an employee during a period in which the employee cannot be […]
High Court’s decision on personal/carer’s leave to be delivered Thursday
On 22 August 2019, EMA Legal advised (http://www.emalegal.com.au/2019/08/22/legal-alert-full-federal-court-rules-on-sick-leave-test-case/) that the Full Federal Court had found in Mondelez v AMWU that the 10 days of personal/carer’s leave (‘sick leave’) per year in the National Employment Standards (NES) in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) must reflect an […]
Employers in health sector may be required to provide paid ‘pandemic leave’ from 29 July
Despite rejecting applications to vary modern awards to include paid pandemic leave for employees affected by COVID-19 earlier this year, on 27 July 2020, the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (Commission) determined to amend certain modern awards to provide paid pandemic leave. The following […]
Update to SA’s Labour Hire Licensing Scheme
Amendments to the South Australian Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 (Act) came into effect on 20 July 2020. The Labour Hire Licensing Scheme previously applied to all industries, however the recent amendments narrow the licensing scheme’s previous scope to high risk industries, where workers are vulnerable to exploitation. […]
