The Fair Work Com­mis­sion Kicks Off Review of Casu­al Terms in Mod­ern Awards

Apr 23, 2021

The Fair Work Com­mis­sion has today issued direc­tions pro­gram­ming its approach to review­ing and vary­ing mod­ern awards in light of…
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Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment responds to AHRC Respect@Work Report

Apr 13, 2021

The Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment has respond­ed to the Respect@Work Report (the Report) which was pre­sent­ed to the Gov­ern­ment by the Sex…
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The Employ­ment Real­i­ty of TV Fame

Apr 7, 2021

Real­i­ty tele­vi­sion shows thrive on intrigue and dra­ma. A key com­po­nent of suc­cess­ful real­i­ty TV shows is the con­tes­tant view­ers love…
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Casu­al Clar­i­fi­ca­tion Emerges From Omnibus Breakdown

Mar 23, 2021

Despite the fact the major­i­ty of indus­tri­al reforms pro­posed by the Gov­ern­ment in its Fair Work Amend­ment (Sup­port­ing Australia’s Jobs…
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FWCFB sheds light on the infor­ma­tion employ­ers are required to pro­vide employ­ees for an agree­ment to be ​‘gen­uine­ly agreed’

Jan 27, 2021

In the case of The Aus­tralian Work­ers’ Union v Skout Solu­tions Pty Ltd [2021] FWCFB 119, a Fair Work Com­mis­sion Full Bench…
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The Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment Announces Pro­posed Work­place Rela­tions Reforms

Dec 10, 2020

On 9 Decem­ber 2020, the Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment intro­duced the Fair Work Amend­ment (Sup­port­ing Australia’s Jobs and Eco­nom­ic Recov­ery) Bill 2020 (the…
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Our most pop­u­lar arti­cles pub­lished dur­ing 2020

Nov 26, 2020

We are almost at the end of 2020, and with the end of a year comes the oppor­tu­ni­ty to reflect on…
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Com­pul­so­ry Vac­ci­na­tions for Employ­ees: The Legal Position

Nov 25, 2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, and the race to cre­ate a safe, effec­tive vac­cine for the virus, the issue…
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‘Tis the Sea­son to Avoid Fol­ly: Work­place Christ­mas Par­ties (Covid-19 Edition)

Nov 13, 2020

It’s that time of year. The​‘Sil­ly Sea­son’. For many organ­i­sa­tions, the offi­cial employ­er Christ­mas par­ty is immi­nent. But this year…
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AFL: Assump­tion Fail Legal­i­ties – A Dis­crim­i­na­tion Dan­ger for Employers

Nov 4, 2020

It has recent­ly been report­ed that a Vic­to­ria-based AFL play­er, whose pro­fes­sion­al net­baller wife will be play­ing for a Queens­land club in…
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