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Wage theft laws commence!
On 1 January 2025 the wage theft provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act) commenced. For the first time in Australian employment law, it is a criminal offence for a national system employer to not [...]
Fixed term contracts – the rules have changed
Amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (FWA) which took effect on 7 December 2023 introduce new rules in relation to fixed term contracts. These rules mean that a contract of employment must not include [...]
The end of zombie agreements
Following amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (FWA) in 2022, on 7 December 2023 all 'zombie' enterprise agreements (ZEA) ceased to have legal effect. 'Zombie' agreements are those made before 1 January 2010. As [...]
Too Hot to Handle: Long-Term Injured Employees & Return to Work
On 15 September 2023 Elizabeth Devine had the great pleasure of presenting a paper to the Law Society of Tasmania's Employment Law Conference in Hobart on the topic of 'Too Hot to Handle: Long-Term Injured [...]
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National Minimum Wage Decision 2022
On 28 June 2022 the Fair Work Commission handed down the national minimum wage (NMW) decision. It took effect on 1 July 2022 and applies to award/agreement free employees other than junior employees, an employee [...]
Change to the income threshold for unfair dismissal
Employees who are dismissed on or after 1 July 2022 will be eligible to make an unfair dismissal claim if they have served the relevant period of employment (12 months if employed by a small [...]
Employment Law Roundup. 31 March 2022
On 31 March 2022, Elizabeth Devine presented a seminar on behalf of Legalwise Seminars in Sydney entitled 'Employment Law Roundup'. After a decade or so of relative stability, the practice of employment law during the [...]
Strategies for Managing Long-Term Injured Employees
On 10 March 2022, Elizabeth provided an encore presentation of her paper 'Watching the Clock: Strategies for Managing Long-Term Injured Employees'to the Melbourne Employment Law Conference on behalf of the Television Education Network. This paper, [...]
Employee or Contractor? The High Court hands down two decisions
The preeminent focus on dispute resolution in employment law means that Court decisions are relatively rare. February 2022 was remarkable because the High Court handed down two decisions. Both decisions, handed down on 9 February [...]
Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission hands down significant decision about the mandating of vaccination against COVID-19
On 3 December 2021 the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down a significant decision on the fraught topic of the mandating of vaccinations against COVID-19 in a workplace not covered by [...]
