by Jenny Park | May 12, 2021 | Casual employees, Fair Work Act, Fair Work Commission, Redundancy
Significant changes concerning casual employment were recently introduced to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act) as part of the Federal Government’s plan to assist with the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. The amendments were introduced under the Fair Work Amendment... 
by Jenny Park | Apr 14, 2021 | Employment Law, Fair Work Act, Workplace Investigations
Workplace sexual harassment has recently been in the spotlight due to allegations against the former Attorney General, Christian Porter and other officials. The Government has faced increased pressure to review workplace sexual harassment laws, which some consider to... 
by Simon Obee | Mar 31, 2021 | Employment Law, Fair Work Act, Modern awards
The JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme ended at midnight on 28 March 2021. For employers who were receiving the subsidy this has a number of important consequences, some obvious, some less so: Employers must now pay employees’ wages without the assistance of the... 
by Simon Obee | Mar 16, 2021 | Fair Work Act, Modern awards, Redundancy
As an employment lawyer, I am often called upon to do presentations on “crazy clauses in modern awards”. Modern awards are, of course, a set of regulations based on the industry and/or occupation of the employee that dictate rights and obligations in the... 
by Simon Obee | Feb 18, 2021 | Employment Law, Fair Work Act, Modern awards
Last March new provisions were introduced into several modern awards dealing with “annualised wages” or “annualised salaries”. As we pointed out at the time, these new provisions contained an optional mechanism for an employer to pay a... 
by Aahana Lakhia | Feb 4, 2021 | Employment Law, Fair Work Act
EI Legal is frequently called to assist clients who are subject to investigations by the Fair Work Ombudsman, the Federal Government’s workplace regulator who has wide powers to investigate allegations of underpayments and other breaches of workplace law. When... 