You may be thinking there is a lot of change over the last couple of years in workplace regulation. With part 2 of tranche 3 changes to the Fair Work Act being negotiated through the Senate this week, here is a brief summary table looking back, and looking forward now in 2024. NB: this is […]
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Employers must give every new employee a copy of the Fair Work Information Statement (FWIS) before, or as soon as possible after, they start their new job. Click on the page links below. For Employers with less than 15 employees, the Small Business and Fair Work Best Practice Guide has also been updated in January.https://www.fairwork.gov.au/tools-and-resources/best-practice-guides/small-business-and-the-fair-work-act
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What are your top people issues and risks this year? You can complete an anonymous survey/quiz ASAP in January and we will present the aggregated results at upcoming business forums and on this site. No identifying information is included. The quiz is completely anonymous UNLESS you opt to add your contact details to the last
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From 1 July 2023 the national minimum wage and award rates will increase by 5.75%. Whilst this appears to be the first National Wage Case decision above 5% in its 116 year history, the impact on actual wages (and arguably inflation too) will be largely absorbed as most employees are already paid well above underlying
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From 1 April 2023, a new code of practice deals with work hazards arising from, or where: “the design or management of work, a work environment, plant at a workplace, or workplace interactions and behaviours and may cause a psychological harm, whether or not the hazard may also cause physical harm”.In Queensland, an approved code
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One of the issues arising from the #MeToo movement in the last 5 years was that confidential settlements of harassment complaints may have led to the unintended consequences of repeat offenders operating under the radar with other potential victims. Confidentiality clauses cannot prevent the disclosure of information in all circumstances, even if they claim to
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The Australian Human Rights Commission’s (AHRC) National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces 2020 report culminated in the implemetation of the Respect at Work Act on 7 December 2022. To bring the federal jurisdiction into line with state (e.g. Queensland) there are new protected attributes related to gender identify, intersex status and breastfeeding. And
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In December 2022 a range of reforms occured to the Fair Work Act. One of the changes is to start removing the effect of any pay confidentiality clauses in employment contracts.Unless there is a specific clause in the employment contract stating otherwise, from 7 December 2022 existing and future employees have the right to decide to share or
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Australian and State Governments have declared Thursday 22 September will be a Public Holiday during the mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II. Under the Fair Work Act, National Employment Standards (NES) non casual employees are entitled to be paid ordinary rates if absent and normally scheduled or rostered to work on the day.If work is
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