Legislation Update
The NSW parliament has passed significant changes to its new modern slavery legislation to harmonise it with the federal law. The Modern Slavery Act 2018 (NSW) will now begin on 1 January, 2022. Background The original NSW Act was passed by Parliament in 2018 but never took effect. The commencement of the NSW Act was […]
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Navigating the fall-out from the High Court’s ruling in Rossato: Who is a casual employee?
13 August 2021
The High Court has clarified the common law ‘test’ for determining whether an employee is a casual employee under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) and it is significant, because it departs from the established case law. However, the decision’s impact is limited because the common law test has been supplanted by a […]
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Parliament passes casual employee definition and addresses casual employment uncertainty
23 March 2021
There has been significant press around the government’s agenda to reform large parts of the Fair Work regime, most of which failed in the Senate. There has been less press around one significant set of changes that did survive the political process: an introduction, for the first time, of a substantive definition of ‘casual employment’ […]
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JobKeeper legislation temporarily expands employment arrangement options in face of COVID-19
15 April 2020
It has become obvious to us all that our existing employment laws were not designed for a pandemic. To some extent, those problems have now been addressed by changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) made as part of last Wednesday’s Commonwealth COVID-19 economic relief package. In particular, changes have been made […]
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Critical last month to comply with labour hire licensing laws in Victoria and South Australia
16 October 2019
Queensland, Victoria and South Australia have each established a labour hire licensing scheme. Queensland was the first State to implement a labour hire licensing law, and has required providers to obtain a licence since 15 June 2018. Providers in Victoria and South Australia must apply for a licence by 29 October and 1 November 2019 […]
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