On 8 April 2020, the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No.2) Bill 2020 passed both Houses of Parliament, temporarily inserting Part 6-4C into the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). This Bill is awaiting Royal Assent. Fortnightly payment As addressed in our 7 April 2020 Legal Alert, under the […]
Yesterday, Christian Porter MP disclosed further details of the Government’s ‘JobKeeper’ legislation, which will amend the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) to enable qualifying employers to: Implement “JobKeeper enabling stand downs”, allowing employers to alter hours worked by employees while applying the Act’s existing ‘useful employment […]
We are aware that there is inconsistent advice circulating as to whether permanent employees lawfully stood down under the stand down provisions in Part 3 – 5 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act) are entitled to be paid for public holidays that occur within the […]
A recent decision of the Fair Work Commission (Commission) in Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union v Auscript Australasia Pty Ltd highlights the importance of employers complying with mandatory consultation obligations in respect of COVID-19 related redundancies. Summary In January 2020, Auscript determined to close or partially […]
Federal Parliament is likely to pass the $130 billion JobKeeper wage subsidy tomorrow in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic after the ACTU and the Labor Party indicated they would support the changes. While the full details of the legislative changes are yet to be released, the […]
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has expressed the view that it will introduce two (2) weeks’ unpaid “pandemic leave” in all modern awards in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FWC is also proposing to allow employers and award-covered employees to agree to take up to […]
The Fair Work Commission’s changes to the annualised wages arrangements in numerous modern awards come into effect on 1 March 2020. Employers with employees covered by the modern awards listed below should review their engagement of those paid annualised salaries to ensure compliance with the changes: […]
The Federal Government has amended the Australian Human Rights Commission Regulations 1989 to provide employers with greater certainty about accepting or rejecting prospective employees based on their criminal records. This change to the regulations now sets a lower threshold for employers to lawfully decline job applicants with a […]
The full Federal Court has ruled that 12-hour shift workers are entitled to accrue 120 hours of personal/carer’s leave each year under the National Employment Standards (NES), rather than 76 hours, as argued by their employer and the Federal Industrial Relations Minister. The NES provides 10 […]
According to a briefing given to Federal Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter, the Morrison Government is expected to establish a National Labour Hire Registration Scheme in early 2020. Although the 2019/2020 budget allocation for the Fair Work Ombudsman to establish a National Labour Hire Registration Scheme […]
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