COVID-19 | Webinar | Stories from the Employer Frontline
Employers are facing significant challenges in managing their workforces through the constantly changing risk, economic and regulatory environment presenting as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. During this webinar (hosted on Thursday 14 May), our panel discussed in depth the nitty gritty of some complex real life examples playing out for employers and most […]
ReadmoreCOVID-19 | Webinar | JobKeeper | One month on
It’s one month since the JobKeeper payment was announced, and our panel of experts discussed what we are seeing in the market at the moment. Gadens Partners Siobhan Mulcahy (Employment Advisory), Peter Poulos (Corporate Advisory & Tax) and Andrew Kennedy (Property & Construction) covered the ‘in-the-field’ challenges, practicalities and strategies in implementing JobKeeper, and how […]
ReadmoreCOVID-19 | Is your policy register current?
The highly infectious nature of COVID-19, the ability of the virus to kill, and the disastrous impact the virus has shown it can have on a national economy all lead to one certain point. Once a vaccine for COVID-19 is available every employer will need to consider whether they are doing enough in their workplace […]
ReadmoreCOVID-19 | The JobKeeper Payment – What this might mean for your business [updated to be current as at 26 April 2020]
The Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020 (Cth) (Payments and Benefits Act) and Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Act 2020 (Cth) (Omnibus Act) implement a framework for economic response payments known as the JobKeeper scheme and temporarily amends the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) by applying specific COVID-19 provisions. Following the […]
ReadmoreCOVID-19 | Webinar | The JobKeeper Payment: What this might mean for your business
To assist companies through the economic impacts of COVID-19, the Federal Government recently announced the JobKeeper Payment package. Under the support package, eligible businesses impacted by the coronavirus will be able to access a subsidy from the Government to continue paying their employees. Eligible employers will be able to claim a fortnightly payment of $1,500 […]
ReadmoreCOVID-19 | Financial Assistance for Employers and Employees
Many Australians have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. For business, this has involved significant decreases in turnover, and for individuals, the loss of jobs and reductions in income. In response to this crisis, the Australian Government has introduced a number of financial support measures, including those set out in the Coronavirus Economic Response […]
ReadmoreCOVID-19 | Managing coronavirus in the workplace: Is your business “pandemic” ready?
It has been a turbulent start to the incoming decade as many Australian businesses have had to deal with the implications of major natural disasters and pandemics, from unprecedented bushfires to a global outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). To assist employers we have created a guide to serve as the foundation for business decisions […]
ReadmoreYou are on notice – comply or run the risk of serious consequences well beyond back-pay!
“…if there is a major business in Australia who doesn’t consider itself on notice that they have to invest and improve their systems of payments, and their platforms, and their technology, and their auditing, then that system, that company would have rocks in its head… you’re on notice.” Industrial Relations Minister and Attorney-General Christian Porter […]
ReadmoreAnnualised wage arrangements: Have you considered all of your options?
Effective 1 March 2020, new annualised wage provisions will be inserted into a number of modern awards. As an employer, you may have considered whether entering into an annualised wage arrangement is necessary or appropriate for your business. Importantly, the Fair Work Commission has confirmed that relying on a contractual off-set clause under an employment […]
ReadmoreAre your part-timers really part-timers? Another reason it’s time for a compliance check!
There is no more important time than now for employers to ensure they know and effectively manage the correct legal categorisation of their workforce and the attendant entitlements and obligations. Casuals, contractors and now part-timers have all been the flavour of the month for the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO). Luxottica Retail Australia Pty Ltd, trading […]
ReadmoreFederal Government and Cadbury seek leave to appeal Federal Court decision that left bad taste in employers’ mouths
The Federal Government and major employer Mondelez, who operates a Cadbury plant in Tasmania, will seek leave to appeal last month’s landmark Full Federal Court decision regarding paid personal/carers’ leave, to the High Court. The decision concerned the meaning of the word “day” for the purpose of the entitlement to 10 days paid personal/carer’s leave […]
ReadmoreNo second bite at the cherry for casual employees seeking leave entitlements: Government introduces new regulations to tackle “double dipping”
In response to last year’s landmark Full Federal Court decision, WorkPac Pty Ltd v Skene,[1] (see our earlier article here) the Government has introduced new regulations which allow employers, in certain circumstances, to offset the casual loading paid to an employee against certain entitlements that may otherwise be owed to the employee if they are […]
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