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Important Workplace Relations Changes Effective 1 July 2025
Employers and employees alike should be aware of important changes in the workplace relations arena, effective 1 July 2025. From that date:the high income threshold for unfair dismissal claims will increase to $183,100 per annum (from the present $175,000 per annum) and the compensation limit will be $91,550 (equivalent to 6 months of the revised high income threshold amount) for dismissals…
The Right to Disconnect: What is it? What does it mean for workplaces?
One of the most talked about and debated workplace reforms of recent times is the ‘right to disconnect’. This right was one of the workplace relations reforms included in the Closing Loopholes Bill No. 2 (Bill), passed by the federal parliament last week. Laws conferring a right to disconnect have been implemented…
Closing Loopholes or Radical Change? The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023
Earlier this week, the Albanese Government introduced the ‘Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023’ (Bill), which contains a number of significant reforms to the workplace relations landscape. If fully implemented in its current form, the Bill will lead to a number of implications in the way businesses and workers engage…
Important Workplace Relations Changes Effective 1 July 2023
Employers and employees alike need to be aware of important changes in the workplace relations space, effective 1 July 2023. From that date: the high income threshold for unfair dismissal cases will increase to $167,500 per annum (from the present $162,000 per annum) and the compensation limit will be $83,750 (equivalent to…
Closing The Gender Pay Gap
In 2021 the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (Agency) conducted a review (Review) of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Act). The report resulting from the Review was released in March 2022 and contained several recommendations with the objective of reducing the gender pay gap. The data from 2021 and 2022 showed…
Changes to the Fair Work Act: An Overview
On 6 December 2022 the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 passed into law (Amending Legislation). The Amending Legislation made significant changes to the Fair Work Act (Act) and related legislation. Some of these changes have already taken effect, while others will take effect throughout this year…
Looks like an employee, works like an employee, behaves like an employee… but they could be a contractor
Since the Hollis v Vabu (‘Vabu’) decision in 2001, the courts and the Fair Work Commission (‘FWC’) have applied a holistic assessment in determining whether the relationship between a business and its worker is an employment relationship or a contractor engagement. However, in 2022, the High Court decisions of Personnel Contracting and Jamsek threw out…
Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave – Amendments to the NES under the Fair Work Act
The Albanese Labor Government has fulfilled a promise made prior to the election to implement a change to employment laws which will assist victims of family and domestic violence. As a result of this change, which was passed by Federal Parliament on 27 October 2022, employees will now, under the National Employment Standards, be…