It is crucial that businesses continue to assess and address modern slavery risks during the COVID-19 pandemic, and report these actions in their modern slavery statements.
Frequently asked questions from employers about the impact of COVID-19 on their workplace and employees, including JobKeeper, leave entitlements, redundancy, working from home and health and safety.
In an interesting decision, Justice Steward in the Federal Court of Australia has considered whether the workplace right to make an inquiry in relation to employment under the general protections...
Does 'handover' time constitute part of an employee's working hours? Can an unpaid meal break be split into blocks over a shift? When is 'voluntary' overtime truly voluntary? A Full...
Since the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that COVID-19 is a pandemic, workplaces within Australia and globally have had to vastly adapt their way of working.
Last week, JobKeeper was enshrined in legislation. Our most recent update looked at the changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 which were made to achieve this. However, much of...
In our previous update regarding the announcement of JobKeeper, we noted that without legislative change it would still be necessary for employees to agree to measures to support JobKeeper, such...
A Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission yesterday varied 103 modern awards to include a new 'Schedule X - Additional measures during the COVID-19 pandemic', introducing an entitlement for...
Is an employee entitled to carer's leave if their child's school or childcare centre closes due to COVID-19? The development of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen increasing restrictions imposed on...
This will be welcome news to many employers who have been hard hit by the COVID-19 crisis. However, the announcement of the scheme in advance of legislation being drafted or...
In Park v LOTW Indro Pty Ltd [2020] FWC 858, Deputy President Asbury considered whether Mr Park, a chef in a shopping centre restaurant, Lord of the Wings, had been...
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, on Saturday 28 March 2020, a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission temporarily varied the Clerks - Private Sector Award 2010...
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