More FWO staff to tackle compliance: How can you best utilise FWO?
The budget will result in FWO hiring at least 30 more employees in the 2021-22 financial year to beef-up its compliance handling processes.
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What are the key timelines for casual conversion?
Following on from our earlier advice regarding the new casual conversion laws, we provide the following reminder for those currently undertaking workforce planning.
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Don't want to be personally liable for WHS breaches? How is your due diligence going?
The following headlines arising out of 3 recent WHS prosecutions should worry any ‘officer’
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Has Good Faith Bargaining grown some teeth or gone too far this time?
The recent decision of Victorian Ambulance Union Incorporated v Health Select Pty Ltd t/a Health Select [2021] FWC 1434, 31 March 2021 in which the parties were ordered under the good faith bargaining (GFB) provisions back to the bargaining table has been welcomed by unions and criticised by employers.
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What do the proposed changes to the Fair Work Act mean for Sexual Harassment in your business?
For employers who have already kept up with contemporary policies and training, the proposed amendments to the Fair Work Act and Regulations to:
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Has the recent FWC decision regarding flu vaccinations just changed the position regarding COVID vaccinations?
The short answer is still “no”.
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Job Keeper Decisions
Whilst there is little doubt that JobKeeperhas done an excellent job at providing income support to business in a very short period of time –it has not unexpectedly created lots of uncertainty as to its practical application for a variety of employee entitlements.
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Sweet relief for Mondelez. High Court reinstates the common practice for calculating personal leave
In a welcome relief for employers, the High Court earlier today confirmed that the NES reference to ’10 days’ of leave means the ordinary hours that an employee would work over a two week period. In doing so, it rejected the Federal Court’s working day construction which it described as creating ‘absurd’ and ‘unfair results’.
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Return to Work: Safety Guidelines
Finally, some positive news. COVID-19 restrictions are planned to contingently ‘ease’over the next few months.
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