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FREE WEBINAR: Terminating Employment, Reducing the Risks
Free Webinar Alert for Small Business Owners and Managers Terminating employment can feel like a minefield, but it doesn’t have to be! Join us for our FREE webinar, Terminating Employment: Reducing the Risks, on 19th November, 12pm - 1pm. We’ll cover: Common myths...
HR 101: Employment Contracts
Despite the considerable amount of often complex legislation that governs employment relationships in Australia, some readers may be surprised to learn that there’s actually no legal obligation upon employers to provide their employees with a written employment...
Timing of Payments on Termination of Employment
A couple of recent court decisions have helped to clarify the obligations of employers relating to the timing of payments to an employee at the time of termination of their employment. In our experience, it's common practice to make any payments due to employees as...
Independent Contractor Changes: The Essentials
As part of the Government’s “Closing the Loopholes” legislation, there are a number of changes looming in relation to Independent Contractors that employers need to understand and comply with. The latest changes are effective from August 26, 2024. Here’s an overview...
Important Changes to Casual Employment: What You Need to Know
There have been some significant changes to casual employment law following the passage of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024. These changes take effect from August 26, 2024. Here’s an overview of what’s changing and what you need...
Right to Disconnect: The Essentials
Our recent blog article (click here to access) highlighted the latest changes impacting employment arrangements arising from the Government’s Closing the Loopholes legislation. In this article, we take a deeper look at the changes relating to an employee’s “Right to...
Workplace Surveillance: Proceed with Caution
We were recently approached by a client for guidance in regards to implementing workplace surveillance strategies. Their particular concern related to a work from home employee who, they suspected, may have been "taking it a bit too easy". While they are considering...
Legislation Update: March 2024 (Closing the Loopholes)
The start to the year has brought with it yet more changes on the industrial/employee relations front. These changes build upon other recent changes such as variations to employee authorised payroll deduction requirements, new rules for labour hire workers and small...
Useful Resources to Address Psychosocial Risks
Our recent article highlighting the obligations of employers to identify and address psychosocial risks in the workplace (click HERE if you missed it), generated a few enquiries, including one from a client whose frontline retail staff were unfortunately facing...