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Closing Loopholes: Changes to attendance at compulsory conciliation conferences act changes closingloopholes compulsoryconciliationconferences nsw nt pabo sa tasmania updates vic wa Jul 29, 2024

Changes to attendance at compulsory conciliation conferences - Here's what you need to know! 

As part of the Closing Loopholes Act 2023, from 15 December 2023 changes were made regarding who is required to attend a compulsory conciliation conference once a Protected Action Ballot Order...

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Increases to Travel Allowances! 2024 australia award changes entitlements kilometre modernawards nsw nt qld sa tasmania travel travel allowance vic wa Jul 16, 2024

Employees covered under a Modern Award are entitled to allowances for doing certain tasks, working in certain locations, using a special skill or for incurring expenses for doing their job. 

A common example is the travel allowance which under some Awards provides an employee payment if the...

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2024 Wage Increase! 2024 act action award changes increases july1st minimum wages nsw nt payincrease paymentofwages sa tasmania vic wa Jun 21, 2024

Last week the Commission announced changes to the National Minimum Wage and the Award Minimum Wage for 2024. Here's what you need to know! 

 

What has changed? 

From 1 July 2024, the National Minimum Wage and the Award Minimum Wage will increase by 3.75%. 

For employees...

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Closing Loopholes Act - Delegates' Rights Added to Modern Awards act changes closingloopholes fairworkcommission modernawards nsw nt rights sa tasmania union vic wa workplace workplace delegates Jun 21, 2024

Changes to Delegates' Rights - Here's what you need to know! 

From 1 July 2024 we will see delegates' rights terms included in all Modern Awards. Any Enterprise Agreements and workplace determinations made after this date will also need to include a delegates' rights term. 

 

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Updated Unpaid Parental Leave Policy 100days calltoaction changes employees employers fair work flexibility nsw policy qld sa tasmania unpaidparentalleave vic wa May 22, 2024

Updated Unpaid Parental Leave Policy:   

From July 1 2023 the following changes have been implemented to unpaid parental leave: 

  • Employees can take up to 100 days of their 12 month leave entitlement flexibly during the 24 month period after...
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Closing Loopholes Act - Same Job Same Pay act australia changes closingloopholes compensationorders compliance employee enterprise agreement fair work fairness fairworkcommission hosts industry update labourhire nsw nt regulation sa small business tasmania unions vic wages Apr 30, 2024

Closing Loopholes Act - Regulated Labour Hire Arrangement Jurisdiction

Effective from - 15 December 2023

 

The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 brings important changes to labour hire arrangements. Now, employees, unions, and host employers can apply to the Fair...

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Closing Loopholes Act - Changes to Right of Entry act changes closingloopholes fair work healthandsafety nsw nt rightofentry sa tasmania vic wa Mar 26, 2024

Changes to right of entry, to assist health and safety representatives (HSRs)

Effective from - 15 December 2023

The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 introduces amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009, enabling officials of registered organisations, without a Fair Work...

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Closing Loopholes Act - Right to Disconnect act changes closingloopholes contact disconnect employee employee rights employer fair work monitor nsw nt outofhours read refuse respond sa tasmania victoria wa Mar 26, 2024

 Calling all Employees! 

Do you ever feel obligated to respond to your Employer's messages out of hours? 

As of the 26th August 2024 (for large business employees) and 26th August 2025 (for small business employees*) employees have the right to refuse contact from their employer if...

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Closing Loopholes Act - Changes Redundancy Provisions australian capital territory changes closingloopholes new south wales northern territory payments redundancy reundancypay small business south australia tasmania victoria western australia Feb 28, 2024

Welcome to the next update in our Closing Loopholes series! 

 

Change 2: Introduction of small business redundancy exemption provisions

Usually, small business (15 employees or less) employers are not required to pay redundancy pay to employees made redundant. Previously, this was also...

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Closing Loopholes Act - Change to DV Protections adverse action australian capital territory changes closingloopholes family and domestic violence new south wales northern territory protected attributes south australia tasmania victoria western australia Feb 26, 2024

Change 1: Protection for employees subject to family and domestic violence

Previously, ‘subjection to family and domestic violence’ was not listed as a protected attribute for employees, meaning employees were not safeguarded from adverse action.

This all changed after the recent...

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Closing the Labour Hire Loophole: What's Changing action australian capital territory casual conversion changes employee protection employee rights fair work family and domestic violence hr compliance minimum entitlements modern awards new south wales northern territory queensland regulation south australia tasmania victoria western australia workplace delegates Jan 12, 2024

Following the proposed amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 back in September 2023, it is confirmed the Fair Work Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 is now in force. Approval was granted on 14 December 2023, with further changes due to commence in 2024 and 2025.

What does this mean?

Key...

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