05 Mar NEW ANNUALISED HOURS CLAUSES
If you are an employer and pay any of your employees an annualised salary, there are big changes on the horizon that you must be aware of. These proposed changes...
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20 Feb THE FOUR YEARLY REVIEW – WHERE IS IT AT?
The Fair Work Commission (“FWC”) President Justice Iain Ross has released a statement on the progress of the Four Yearly Review and its expected finalisation date. The Review has been carried...
18 Feb HR Law and Jill Hignett recognised as leaders in Employment Law
We are excited to announce that for a further year HR Law has been listed in Doyle’s Guide as one of the Leading Employment Law Firms (Employer Representation) - Queensland...
11 Feb CASUAL CONVERSION – ARE YOU NOTICE COMPLIANT?
As at 1 October 2018, a number of Modern Awards were updated to include a “casual conversion clause”. The casual conversion clause gives “regular casual employees” the right to request...
08 Jan A NEW FAIR WORK REGULATION RELATING TO CASUAL EMPLOYEES IS NOW IN EFFECT
Whether an employee is casual or permanent has significant implications for an employee’s entitlement to annual leave and other paid leave benefits. But employers must note that the description of...
14 Dec TREASURY CRACKDOWN ON SHAM CONTRACTORS
Legislative changes are being considered by a Treasury discussion paper which (if implemented) will make it harder for sham contractors to show that they have inadvertently misrepresented an employment arrangement...
19 Aug FULL FEDERAL COURT UPHELD CASUAL WORKER ENTITLED TO ANNUAL LEAVE
In 2016, the Federal Circuit Court found the subject truck driver who was employed at a mine under a labour hire arrangement as a casual was not a casual within...
03 Jul THERE ARE NO CRITERIA FOR HARSHNESS IN DISMISSAL MATTERS
The full bench of the Fair Work Commission (“Commission”) recently confirmed that whilst there are certain matters that will be taken into account when determining whether a dismissal is unfair,...
03 Jul 1 JULY 2018 UPDATES
RATE INCREASES As you may be aware, the Fair Work Commission has announced that the minimum wage is increasing by 3.5% from $694.90 per week or $18.29 per hour to $719.20...
17 May THE FORGOTTEN AWARD
A recent decision of the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has demonstrated that the coverage of the Miscellaneous Award 2010 is wider than previously thought. The recent decision of United Voice...