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Changes to national minimum wage, modern award rates of pay and unfair dismissal threshold
On 1 July 2024 the national minimum wage decision made on 3 June 2024 took effect. This resulted in a 3.75 percentage increase to the minimum wage (now $915.90 week/ $24.10 per hour). The same [...]
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 [...]
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Wage theft: 7 reasons why there has never been a better time to get your (employment) ducks in a row
While underpayment of employees is nothing new, the risk of getting caught has increased significantly in recent years in Australia. Large employers and small have found themselves on the wrong side of the law and [...]
Fitting the Process to the Problem: The essential role of preliminary assessment when responding to workplace conflict
On 24 October 2019 Elizabeth Devine presented a paper on this topic to the Australasian Association of Workplace Investigators' Conference 'Workplace Investigations - Risky Business?' which was held at the Grace Hotel in Sydney. The [...]
Addictions and the Workplace
On 18 October 2019 Elizabeth Devine presented a paper at Television Education Network's Mental Health Master Class on the topic of 'Addictions and the Workplace'. The paper began with an overview of the use of [...]
Managing Workplace Conflict Effectively: Skills, Processes and Tips
On 6 September 2019 Elizabeth Devine presented a paper on the topic of 'Managing Workplace Conflict Effectively: Skills, Processes and Tips' at a Legalwise Seminar in Sydney. The paper began with a discussion of a [...]
AAWI Sydney Conference – 24 and 25 October 2019
The Australasian Association of Workplace Investigators ('AAWI') will hold their conference in Sydney on 24 and 25 October 2019. Elizabeth Devine, of Devine Law at Work is Co-convenor of AAWI and as the Chair of [...]
Unfair Dismissal threshold increases
From 1 July 2019, the income threshold for unfair dismissal claims made in the Fair Work Commission increased to $148,700. This threshold will apply to any dismissal which took effect on or after 1 July [...]
