This Alert summarises the changes in relation to workplace delegates’ rights following the passage of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 (Closing Loopholes Act). What is a ‘workplace delegate’ and what are the rights? A ‘workplace delegate’ is defined broadly to mean ‘a person appointed or elected, in accordance with the rules of

Have you kept up? – Compliance with the new psychosocial WHS regulations in South Australia In June 2022 Safe Work Australia updated its model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations to include specific regulations to address the management of psychosocial hazards in the workplace and published a Managing psychosocial hazards at work Code of Practice. Since

A recent decision of the Federal Court is a reminder that employers will face serious consequences for underpaying their employees, especially if they are found to have committed a serious contravention(s) of the Act. In Fair Work Ombudsman v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2024] FCA 81, the Federal Court fined the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and its

As employers continue to grapple with significant but piecemeal amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act), further changes were passed by Parliament yesterday. This article considers the broadest and arguably most controversial of the changes – the right for employees to disconnect from work. In time, every modern award will include a ‘right to disconnect term’. 

On 14 December 2023, the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 (Closing Loopholes Act) received Royal Assent. This Alert is the first of a series, which reviews and summarises the changes beginning with that concerning regulated labour hire arrangements. From when and what are the changes? From 15 December 2023, the Fair Work Commission (Commission) has