by Simon Obee | 3 Jun 2024 | Employment Law
Minimum wage to increase by 3.75% from 1 July 2024 On Monday, 3 June 2024, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) delivered a substantial increase to Australia’s minimum wages for award-free and award-covered employees. The increase of 3.75% will take effect from 1 July 2024....
by Rishi Suresh | 27 Mar 2024 | Employment Law, Human Resources
Workplace gossip is often viewed as a benign aspect of office culture, a way for employees to bond and communicate. However, when left unchecked, it can escalate into a serious issue, fostering a toxic work environment and leading to legal complications. Australian...
by Simon Obee | 20 Mar 2024 | Employment Law, Modern Awards
On 15 March 2024 the Fair Work Commission issued a decision to increase the minimum wages of aged care workers covered by the Aged Care Award 2010 (Aged Care Award), the Nurses Award 2020 (Nurses Award) and the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services...
by Annie Cross | 13 Mar 2024 | Employment Law, Modern Awards
Recently, the Fair Work Commission made two amendments within the Hair and Beauty Award in order to make certain provisions clearer and easier to understand. These changes impacted how the award displayed the weekend penalty rates for casual staff and the way in which...
by Simon Obee | 28 Feb 2024 | Employment Law
The Closing Loopholes Bill No.2 received Royal Assent on 26 February 2024 which means that (subject to a couple of limited exceptions) we now know the complete time-table for when changes introduced by the Closing Loopholes Bills No.1 & No.2 will come into force....
by Lorna O'Sullivan | 28 Feb 2024 | Employment Law, Human Resources
Most employees will undertake training at some point during their employment, this might be on-the-job training during their normal work day or extra training which occurs outside of work hours. Sometimes training will be conducted by the employer directly and...
