Working from home arrangements are agreements between workers and their employers in which workers work from their own home, alone or with other household members present. Such arrangements may be temporary or permanent which generally provides the benefit of flexibility to the worker and/or the employer. […]

A matter before the Federal Circuit Court is set to test the provisions that prohibit pay secrecy. The applicant in the case was employed as a casual sales assistant in a Melbourne bookshop. The applicant has claimed her former employer stopped giving her shifts and dismissed […]

The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) Act 2023 (the Act)received Royal Assent on 30 June 2023.  It contains a series of amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act) further to the changes from the Secure Jobs Better Pay Act, to provide stronger […]

On 2 June 2023, the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission handed down its annual wage decision, which is a yearly review of the National Minimum Wage order and minimum wages in modern awards. The Commission held that rates of pay under all modern awards […]

As outlined in our 29 November 2022 and 9 December 2022 Legal Alerts, changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) introduced prohibitions regarding pay secrecy clauses, and created new workplace rights to allow employees to disclose their remuneration and other conditions. Further significant changes concerning this right come into effect from 7 June 2023. […]

As outlined in our 15 February 2023 Legal Alert, an employer covered by a ‘zombie’ agreement must, before 7 June 2023, give employees covered by a ‘zombie’ agreement written notice advising: That the employee is covered by that agreement; and That the agreement will terminate unless an application […]