Redundancy - Employer Procedural Obligations...

Beware - not ticking all the procedural boxes can result in a redundancy being non genuine.

How do Employment Contracts, Policies, Awards, Agreements, the NES and the Fair Work Act work together?...

Restriction on the Use of Fixed Term Contracts...

The repeated rolling over of fixed term contracts for the same employees has been curtailed by changes to the Fair Work Act.

Employee Deductions From Pay – Signed Agreement ...

Employers are urged to get a signed agreement for any non statutory deductions from an employee's wages.

Union Officials Right of Entry to Assist Employee Safety Representatives...

Changes to the Fair Work Act now allow a union official, who does not have a Fair Work permit, to access a site to ‘assist’ the site employee Health and Safety Representative.

Casual Employees Must be Given Information Statement...

Under changes to the Fair Work Act employers are required to provide all casual employees with a Casual Information Statement on their commencement and at regular intervals thereafter.