COVERAGE The following employers and their employees continue to be covered by our WA employment legal system. Public Sector. Sole traders. Unincorporated partnerships. Unincorporated trust arrangements. Unincorporated associations. INDUSTRIAL LAWS The...
Key points of the Expert Panel’s decision are: The National Minimum Wage increased to $21.38 per hour ($812.60 per week for full-time adult employees). Adult full-time and part-time award rates to increase by 4.6% with a minimum adult full-time increase of $40 per...
COVID 19 PANDEMIC The pandemic again played a pivotal part in shaping trends in 2021. Many cases made their way to courts and tribunals across Australia, as businesses were required to navigate through COVID outbreaks and restrictions imposed by government...
The Bill was introduced on 24 June 2021, on the back of Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kat Jenkins’ world-leading national enquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces – colloquially known as the ‘Respect@Work Report’ (Report). The Report made 55...
It is expected that this requirement will be introduced through WA’s existing mechanisms (i.e. State Emergency directions) with the support of the Commonwealth which oversees compliance in the aged care sector. However, no directive has yet been released by the WA...
The Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 (the Bill) was introduced into Federal Parliament on 9 December 2020. Amongst other things, the Bill introduces a common statutory definition of casual employment; enables casual...
JobKeeper and JobSeeker changes The JobKeeper and JobSeeker Coronavirus Supplement have been extended until 28 March 2021 and 31 December 2020, respectively. The Government has stated that this extension recognises that economic recovery remains significantly affected...
Following the announcement by the Federal Government on 8 May 2020 to ease restrictions in place to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, the Western Australian Government has released its ‘four-phase roadmap’ to navigate our state’s return to some normalcy and provide our...
In this edition we cover: the review of the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code; the proposed reform of Federal Discrimination Legislation; and a High Court decision in relation to public servants and their political views. Please click on the image below to download...
Latest News Minimum wage increase The Fair Work Commission has handed down its decision to increase the national minimum wage by 3% or $19.49 per hour for adults effective 1 July 2019. On that basis, we encourage employers to compare their current rates under any...