Situations like this give an opportunity to pause and consider “what challenges might Western Australian employers face” in a similar situation. In this article, we offer several thoughts that might help inform contingency and crisis planning for Western Australian...
Government’s announcement on 7 August 2020 Further to our alert on 28 July 2020, the Federal Government announced on 7 August 2020 that they are easing eligibility requirements to the JobKeeper Scheme nationally in response to the introduction of Stage 4 restrictions...
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...
The Western Australian government has just issued further directions to residential aged care providers regarding the visitors permitted to residential aged care sites during the current public health state of emergency caused by COVID-19. The Visitors to Residential...
Key issues Panel to discuss potential IR reform; Amendments or cessation of JobKeeper payments; Changes to various Modern Awards; Increases, including the minimum wage and Fair Work Commission filing fees; and WAIRC IR reform one step closer. Agenda for IR reform The...
Further to our previous updates which mainly focused on the Fair Work Commission’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Western Australia Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC) has issued the JobKeeper General Order (JobKeeper Order) and the Leave General Order...
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...
Western Australian employers have an added level of complexity to deal with because there are two systems of industrial law in Western Australia: the Federal system enacted through the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FWA) covering corporations (constitutional), corporate...
Coronavirus is at the forefront of most peoples’ minds at the moment. It needs no introduction. The workforce is of course critical to the ongoing care and support of older persons in aged care and retirement living. But what happens if and when staff – particularly...
With many businesses and individuals facing pandemic-caused financial difficulty, leasing has emerged as an important focus area for Government economic and policy responses. With many businesses and individuals facing pandemic-caused financial difficulty, leasing has...