by Simon Obee | Jun 15, 2022 | NEWS
On 15 June 2022, the Fair Work Commission announced that the national minimum wage, which applies to award free employees, will increase by 5.2%. The new weekly national minimum wage for an adult full-time employee working 38 hours per week will be $812.60 per week or...
by Simon Obee | Mar 22, 2022 | NEWS
The Victorian Government has introduced an entitlement to sick and carers pay for casual employees and independent contractors working in certain industries in Victoria. The “Sick Pay Guarantee” scheme will initially be funded by the Victorian Government and will run...
by Simon Obee | Dec 8, 2021 | Industries
The Fair Work Commission has recently announced sweeping changes to the Educational Services (Teachers) Award 2020 commencing on 1 January 2022. The reason for the changes is it was determined that teachers covered by the award are subject to “gender undervaluation”....
by Simon Obee | Oct 13, 2021 | Coronavirus, NEWS
Over the last week, both NSW and Victoria have implemented a number of public health orders and directions dealing with return to work, vaccines, and collecting vaccine information. New South Wales New rules came into force in NSW from 11 October 2021 regarding...
by Simon Obee | Sep 29, 2021 | Legal, Workplace
As detailed in our previous article, the law has recently (significantly) changed regarding casual employment. In particular, there are new obligations to offer certain casual employees “conversion” to permanent employment. For employers with 15 or more employees,...
