Full Federal Court provides guidance on the application of disability discrimination laws
Preparing for the New Workplace Right: The Right to Disconnect
Options for flexibly rostering part-time employees
The AHRC Releases Guidance On New ‘Positive Duty’ For Employers
Discrimination & Art: The ‘Ladies Lounge’ Legal Challenge
Discrimination & Art: The ‘Ladies Lounge’ Legal Challenge
Guide to the meaning of ‘shiftworkers’ in Awards / EBAs
The AHRC Releases Guidance on New ‘Positive Duty’ for Employers
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) has released guidance for employers on how to comply with the new positive duty under section 47C of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (the Sex Discrimination Act).
Flexible Working Arrangements
Recent amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 expand employee rights to make flexible working arrangement requests. The changes also require employers to follow a detailed process upon receipt of such requests. The amendments also permit employees to escalate their requests and seek orders from the Fair Work Commission (FWC).
Diplomatic Immunity not available to former Indian High Commissioner to Australia for breaches of the Fair Work Act
In an interesting decision traversing both industrial relations and public international law, the Federal Court has found that the former Indian High Commissioner to Australia committed significant breaches of the Fair Work Act between September 2015 and May 2016.
Expansion of the Sick Pay Guarantee Scheme
The Victorian Government’s Sick Pay Guarantee Scheme (the Scheme) commenced operation in Victoria on 14 March 2022. Less than a year after its commencement, attention turned to whether the Scheme’s operation would be expanded as the first year was under budget and uptake by eligible employees was below anticipated levels (see previous article here).
Navigating Australia’s Third Tranche of Workplace Reforms: Implications for Employers
Changes to the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme
Protecting Worker Entitlements – What Do the Changes Mean for Your Business?
The second tranche of workplace relations reforms have now received Royal Assent, bringing into force the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) Act 2023 (Cth) (Entitlements Act) on 1 July 2023. It is important that employers are aware of the changes and how these changes will impact the workplace.
Challenge to routine requirements for shiftworkers to work on public holidays upheld
The Full Court of the Federal Court has recently held that a roster for 24/7 shiftworkers which included public holidays contravened sections 114(1) and 44 of the Fair Work Act 2009. Click on the link below to download our full summary.
Sick Pay Guarantee scheme: where to next?
Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave Entitlement Comes into Force
Recently, the paid family and domestic violence leave entitlement provisions in the Fair Work Act 2009 came into force. This new entitlement is available to nearly all employees in Australia and imposes new obligations on employers. So, what is the new entitlement and what do employers need to do when they are faced with a request to take the leave? We provide the answers in our Employment Law team’s most recent article.
