01 Oct HR LAW NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER 2025
Welcome to the September 2025 HR Law Newsletter. The past two months have seen several significant developments in employment law, with key decisions from both the Federal Court and the...
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01 Oct SIGNIFICANT RULING OFFERS VITAL GUIDANCE ON VARIOUS MATTERS RELATING TO WAGE AND MODERN AWARD COMPLIANCE
INTRODUCTION In a significant ruling, the Federal Court of Australia has offered guidance on various matters relating to wage and modern award compliance, including the use of set-off clauses in employment...
07 Aug Case Brief: High Court Confirms Redundancy Obligations in Recent Decision
In the recent landmark decision of Helensburgh Coal Pty Ltd v Bartley [2025] HCA 29 (6 August 2025), the High Court of Australia (“HCA”) upheld the Fair Work Commission’s (“FWC”) finding that...
28 Jul Case Brief: Assuming abandonment of employment reasonable
In the recent case of Debora Tavares Alves v The Trustee For T.C. Future Investment Unit Trust [2025] FWC 2045, the Fair Work Commission (“FWC”) highlighted two issues of interest...
03 Dec HR LAW NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2024
Welcome to the November 2024 HR Law Newsletter. This month, we delve into some recent legislative and case law updates that have significant implications for employers. First, we discuss some...
02 Apr PERSONAL LIABILITY – KNOWINGLY CONCERNED WITH BREACHES
The Fair Work Commission (“FWC”) continue to crackdown on principal management staff, including directors, HR professionals and accountants, for their involvement in contraventions of the Fair Work Act 2009 Cth...
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...
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...
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...
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,...