Archive for August 2021
Compliance deadline approaching for casual conversion
The key compliance date of 27 September 2021 for employers to meet new ‘casual conversion’ requirements is fast approaching. This is the deadline for compliance with the latest changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Fair Work Act), which commenced on 27 March 2021. Under the changes, employers other than ‘small business employers’ are…
Read MoreMandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations: No Jab, No Job?
The Qantas Group (Qantas) has announced that it will require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by 31 March 2022. For frontline staff, that date is even sooner, at 15 November 2021. The announcement made Qantas just the third Australian company to publicly declare their intention to make vaccinations mandatory for their workers,…
Read More“Coming, ready or not!” When can employers be forced to commence enterprise bargaining?
In July this year, the Fair Work Commission halted an attempt by the Retail and Fast Food Workers’ Union (RAFFWU) to force Coles Supermarkets Australia to the bargaining table for a new enterprise agreement. RAFFWU did so by applying to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) for a ‘majority support determination’, that is an order that…
Read MoreCan employees be stood down in the event of an IT systems failure?
In June, the world’s largest meat producer, JBS Foods was targeted by a large scale cyberattack that caused it to suspend its operations across North American and Australia. While there was no official word from the company’s Australian division, the Australasian Meat Industry Employees’ Union (AMIEU) claimed that the producer had stood down approximately 10,000…
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