Top 10 takeaways from the Federal Government’s IR shake up

By Sophie Goodall

The Morrison Government has introduced legislation to overhaul key areas of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), providing a collection of measures to make the Australian industrial relations system more workable while balancing employer and employee interests.   Among other matters, the legislation proposes to re-vamp casual employment, increase flexibility in some industries, and introduce…

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Court fires warning shots at non-compliant employers

By Sophie Goodall
On a plain black background is an arm (from elbow onwards to the fingers) with their index finger pointed diagonally north west - finger is insinuating a warning.

For a long time now – since the Fair Work Ombudsman first started prosecuting employers under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) – it has generally been understood that accidental or inadvertent non-compliance with employment laws will be punished much less severely than deliberately unlawful activity. Those days, however, may be over, as a recent decision from…

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