17 Jun END OF FINANCIAL YEAR OFFER!
Do you have money left over in your budget? Don’t know how to best use the funds? With the significant changes to the legal obligations placed on employers over the last...
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16 Jun HR Law Alert: Annual Wage Review 2020/2021
The Fair Work Commission has today delivered its annual wage review 2020/2021 decision, increasing the National Minimum Wage by 2.5% from $753.80 per week or $19.84 per hour to $772.60...
16 Jun EMPLOYMENT WEBINAR – COVID-19 VACCINATIONS – CAN YOU MANDATE THAT YOUR EMPLOYEES HAVE THE COVID-19 VACCINATION?
Many employers across Australia are trying to manage the health and safety risks associated with the spread of COVID-19. There is uncertainty however, regarding whether an employer can require their...
02 Jun MAY CASE UPDATE: FAIR WORK COMMISSION FINDS INVOICE NOT EVIDENCE OF WORKER BEING A CONTRACTOR
When is an independent contractor deemed to be an employee? In the decision of Erin Shay v Christopher Shannon [2021] FWC 2815 published 21 May 2021, Deputy President Gostencnik found...
25 May EMPLOYERS TO CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGING TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT WHEN EMPLOYING ACROSS MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS
In Qantas Airways Ltd v Tohrlach [2021] NSWCA 48, Qantas appealed a decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court seeking to have a post-employment restraints dispute determined in Australia...
05 May Company found not to have coerced workers by warning they would not have a job if they did not approve a pay cut for new employees
In Compass Group (Australia) Pty Ltd T/A ESS [2021] FWCA 1234, a large catering company made an application to the Fair Work Commission to vary an Enterprise Agreement (“Agreement”) which...
21 Apr Fair Work Commission upholds dismissal of childcare worker who refused flu vaccination
The dismissal of a childcare worker who objected to having a flu shot without having sufficient evidence of a medical exemption, has been upheld by the Fair Work Commission in...
01 Apr HR Law Alert – Changes to Casual Employment
Many employers across Australia employ casual employees. Many employers however are not aware of, or across the details of the industrial changes that passed through Federal Parliament on 26 March...
29 Mar Greater Brisbane is entering a 3 day lockdown – HR Law is here and ready to assist during this time.
As we all now know, from 5pm AEST Monday 29 March 2021, Greater Brisbane will enter a 3-day lockdown. This, the day after JobKeeper officially ended. This is having a...