Posts Tagged ‘wage theft’
Top 10 takeaways from the Federal Government’s IR shake up
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…
Read MoreVictorian Wage Theft Bill 2020 passes, introduces criminal offences for employers
In the middle of a pandemic that has left the nation in economic turmoil and prompted Australia’s first recession since 1991, the Victorian Government has passed the Wage Theft Bill 2020 (Vic) which puts employers around Victoria at risk of criminal prosecution. The Bill creates new criminal offences in Victoria for employers and their officers who “dishonestly” withhold…
Read MoreTen years of Fair Work: Closing out the decade
With the year almost over, it’s time to reflect on the lessons learned in 2019, and prepare for the start of a new decade. In January, we predicted that compliance would continue to be a major factor affecting retail businesses, however for reasons that require no explanation, this was somewhat of an underestimation. In a surprise result,…
Read MoreSenate to undertake national “wage theft” inquiry – Don’t be a case study!
With “wage theft” being a hot topic politically, Parliaments around Australia have undertaken inquiries into the matter at a State level since 2018. Following inquiries into “wage theft” in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, the Federal Opposition has established a similar inquiry to be conducted by the Senate Economics References Committee. Although the State-based…
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