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Ten days paid domestic violence leave becomes law in Australia
The federal government has passed legislation to enshrine 10 days' paid family and domestic...
Employee Pay over the End of Year Holiday Season
Christmas and New Year are just around the corner and depending on your business and industry,...
Let the Festive Season Begin: Workplace Christmas Party
The end of year festive season is approaching fast. After the last two year’s challenging seasons...
Legal Obligations for Collecting and Storing Employee Data
Several recent high-profile data breaches, involving companies such as Optus and Medibank, have...
Law Update: New Paid Family Domestic Violence Leave is updated in the NES
From 1 February 2023, most businesses employees will be entitled to 10 days of paid Family and...
Changes to Part-Day Public Holiday schedule in Modern Awards
The Fair Work Commission has announced that from 14 November 2022, the part-day public holiday...
Changes to the Building Award: National Training Wage schedule
The Fair Work Commission has changed the National Training Wage schedule in the Building Award....
Annual Shutdowns
Are you considering a forced shutdown over the Christmas and New Year period? It's important to...
Changes to Annualised Wages and Rates in the Restaurant and Hospitality Industry
As of 1 September 2022 there have been changes to how employers can annualise wages under the...
Melbourne-based juice and coffee bar and its director penalised $11998 for underpaying employee
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $11,988 in penalties in court against a Melbourne-based juice...
COVID-19 isolation rules removed from 14 October 2022
The Prime Minister has announced that from Friday 14 October 2022 workers who test positive to...
Aldi found guilty of underpaying workers up to $10m
The Federal Court has found Supermarket chain Aldi guilty of breaching Australian employment laws....
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