Archive for November 2021
Are you a Company Director? How and when to apply for your Director Identification Number
As of November, company directors in Australia have been given deadlines to apply for Director Identification Numbers. Following recent amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act), the Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS) is now responsible for requiring every director of an Australian company or other body registered under Corporations Act to obtain a Director Identification Number (DIN). The recent amendments have provided timeframes for new and existing directors to apply for DINs. The Corporations Act now imposes…
Read MoreIntroducing the Fair Work Commission’s new powers: Stop Sexual Harassment Orders
Australian workforces have certainly not been immune to the impacts of global movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp. In fact, a 2018 national inquiry (National Inquiry) undertaken into sexual harassment led by the Australian Human Rights Commission found that approximately 39% of women and 26% of men had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. The…
Read MorePaid leave for parents who experience miscarriage
The ‘Respect@Work’ provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) have been well publicised and have made the news for their establishment of a new, stop sexual harassment jurisdiction in the Fair Work Commission. However, a little-known addition of the Respect@Work provisions has been to extend the entitlements to compassionate leave to include…
Read MoreFair Work Ombudsman ramps up use of compliance notices as wage theft continues to dominate headlines
The Fair Work Ombudsman (Ombudsman) has more than doubled its use of compliance notices over the last 12 months. The watchdog reported that in the financial year of 2020 to 2021, it recovered over $148 million for over 69,735 underpaid workers. With underpayment claims continuing to dominate news headlines throughout the pandemic (think Woolworths and…
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