27 August 2025
Is the Proposed Penalty Rate and Overtime Bill the end for flexibility clauses in Awards, salary offset clauses in employment contracts and all in rates in Enterprise Agreements?
No. The proposed Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025 was recently tabled in Parliamen...
06 August 2025
Requests for Flexible Work Arrangements – Higher threshold for Employees
In Paul Collins v Intersystems Australia Pty Ltd [2025] FWC 1976 FWC made it clear that employees who make requests for ...
26 February 2025
How good are your return to work (RTW) plans for Psychosocial Injuries?
Worksafe’s (Vic) annual report provided further confirmation of what a number of WHS commentators have already known – t...
13 February 2025
Employee refused flexible work request: ‘Employment relationship is a two-way street’
FWC Shane Gration v Bendigo Bank [2024] FWC 717 (15 April 2024) has rejected a high performing employee’s request to wor...
21 January 2025
Same Job Same Pay (SJSP) Orders Take Effect
Whilst the new SJSP laws actually commenced on 15 December 2023 orders made under the new laws were unable to take effec...
16 January 2025
Modern Award Changes - New rules and minimum pay for introductory award rates
Minimum pay rates for introductory classification or entry-level employees under some Modern Awards may go up on the fir...
04 November 2024
These recent Federal court decisions are going to really upset your payroll staff
Two recent Federal court decisions have found that in applying the NES termination payments must be made on the date of ...
05 September 2024
New definition of casual employment
You would be aware of the recent changes to casual employment including the introduction of an ‘employee choice’ pathway...
13 August 2024
More clarity or confusion regarding the right to disconnect?
FWC recently provided an updated draft statement on the right to disconnect (click here). Stakeholders have until 1 Augu...
08 August 2024
Have Union Delegate’s rights just become unreasonable?
Possibly. It depends on who you ask! If you are a union you’ll love them. Employers on the other hand have expressed ...
28 June 2024
Is 1 July 2024 a strict compliance date for the recent 3.75% FWC increase?
The FWC increase (if applicable) is payable on the “first full pay period” after 1 July 2024. This means that the FWC i...
17 June 2024
How does the recent 3.75% FWC increase apply to over Award/EA and/or all-inclusive salaries?
It depends on the employment contract/EA. For this reason, every individual might have a different outcome – so check y...
12 June 2024
Key Changes for 1 July 2024
See below for reference....
11 June 2024
3.75% rise in Award rates and National Minimum Wage
FWC approved a 3.75% increase in all Award rates and the National Minimum Wage (NMW)....
03 May 2024
Managing performance isn’t bullying . . . Provided it is reasonable
A recent FWC case (Application by Josh Whiteford [2024] FWC 552) has once again endorsed the position that managers carr...
12 December 2023
You can terminate employment for not meeting reasonable KPIs
FWC has confirmed the long held understanding that failing to meet reasonable KPIs will be a valid reason for dismissal ...
30 November 2023
Public Holiday Compliance confirmed by High Court
Last week the High Court confirmed that employees must be given a choice as to whether they will agree or refuse to work...
26 February 2023
Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Reporting: Starting Soon
If your business is in the private sector and employs over 100 employees, it’s well and truly time to get ready for your...
24 February 2023
Paid family and domestic violence leave pay slip requirements now live
New laws prohibiting employers from including information on pay slips about paid family and domestic violence leave (PF...
21 February 2023
What does the Right to Disconnect mean for Employers?
The right to disconnect (RTD) was recently introduced as part of the Closing Loopholes No2 legislation....
28 October 2022
Should business plan for the Same Job Same Pay (SJSP) legislation?
Yes, despite full implications being at this stage unknown, businesses should keep an eye on the passage of the SJSP leg...
04 August 2022
Proposed changes to the NES' Family and Domestic Violence (FDV) Leave
A new bill was introduced to the House of Representatives which seeks to replace the current 5 day unpaid NES FDV leave ...
23 May 2022
FWC in support of paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave
On Monday, FWC full bench handed down its review decision that all modern awards should be amended to provide employees ...
14 April 2022
Employee benefits may drive earnings over High Income Threshold
The High Income Threshold (HIT), adjusted each financial year, currently sits at $158,500....
08 April 2022
Unions seek 5 percent rise in minimum rates
Peak union body the ACTU has indicated it will pursue a 5% increase across all award rates in this year’s minimum wage r...
10 November 2021
Horticulture Award - Is this the end for piecework?
Employers in the Horticulture Industry have been scathing in their opposition to a recent FWC Full Bench decision which ...
12 August 2021
Casual clarity... finally!
The High Court has given an anti-climactic endorsement of the Federal Government’s ‘fixing’ of the casual definition iss...
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