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What’s new this fortnight?   Labour hire operator fined $106K for inadvertent clerical oversight A labour hire operator has been fined $106,430.63 by the Federal Circuit and Family Court [...]

What’s new this fortnight? Review of The Modern Slavery Act The Federal Government has released the three yearly review into the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (Act), outlining recommendations to [...]

Fair Work Commission 2023 Minimum Wage Review National Award Wage Increases The Fair Work Commission has today, 2 June 2023, handed down the 2022 minimum wage review increasing all award wages [...]

Secure Jobs, Better Pay legislation coming into effect The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 (Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill) passed parliament on 2 December 2022 [...]

Dangers of the work Christmas party – celebrating safely With the Christmas season upon us, it is important to remember that whilst celebrating end of year work Christmas parties, employer health [...]

Labor introduces Industrial Relations Bill The Labor Government has introduced the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill (Bill) into Parliament and is seeking to have the [...]

Sex worker found not to be an employee The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found that a sex worker dismissed for “unacceptable and threatening” behaviour was an independent contractor and not an [...]

How will the proposed Respect@Work changes to sexual discrimination and harassment laws affect employers? The Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill [...]

Jobs and Skills Summit Outcomes Significant changes to Australia’s workplace relations system have been announced by the Employment Minister Tony Burke as part of the Jobs and Skills Summit held [...]

Queensland café employee unfairly sacked for not using ‘smiley emojis’ The Fair Work Commission (FWC) held that a supervisor at a Queensland coffee franchise was unfairly sacked, after her boss [...]