A Senate Committee is inquiring into the Fair Work Amendment (Pay Protection) Bill 2017 which was introduced into Parliament earlier this year by the Greens. Ai Group has made a submission expressing opposition to the Bill given the uncertainty that it would create...
Senate Inquiry Into The Greens’ fair Work Amendment (pay Protection) Bill 2017
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Penalty Rates Inquiry
On 24 July 2017, Ai Group filed a detailed submission in a Senate Penalty Rates Inquiry. The submission argues that: Claims that enterprise agreements give large employers a competitive advantage over smaller businesses are not correct. Claims that many enterprise...
Family And Domestic Violence Leave Case
Ai Group made a further submission on 1 September 2017 on the “preliminary view” of the Full Bench in the Family and Domestic Violence Leave Case that all award-covered employees should have access to unpaid domestic violence leave and should be able to access their...
Building code 2016 DEVELOPMENTS
Key transitional arrangements applying to the Code for the Tendering and Performance of Building Work 2016 (Building Code 2016) came to an end on the 31 August 2017. The Building Code 2016 contains detailed requirements regarding enterprise agreement content, site...
Fair Work (registered Organisations) Amendment (ensuring Integrity) Bill 2017
On 16 August 2017, the Federal Government introduced the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2017 into Parliament. The Bill has been referred to a Senate Committee inquiry. The Bill amends the Fair Work (Registered Organisations)...
Judicial Review Of The Fair Work Commission’s Penalty Rates Decision
The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) and United Voice have applied to the Federal Court for judicial review of the FWC’s Penalty Rates Decision in which the Commission decided to reduce Sunday penalty rates in the fast food, retail and...
Rates of pay: Tenders due today
Employers regularly secure work by tendering for contracts on projects which include pricing for materials and labour. As part of the tender process, budget review process or throughout the life of a project, a head contractor will often confirm the rates being used...
Working with children checks: Prior criminal convictions
For many employers, employees may require government clearances to perform their duties. These may include licences, working with children checks, or industry specific qualifications. Difficulty may arise when such clearances become complicated by prior criminal...
Termination: 6 minutes on the phone instead of 6 months in Court
Employees can be engaged with a variety of employment arrangements. These include awards, enterprise agreements, contracts or sometimes, Australian Workplace Agreements (AWA’s). Alternatively, some employees may have no employment contract in place at all. When an...
Employer payments to Unions and new bargaining requirements: New laws in place
On 10 August 2017, the Fair Work Amendment (Corrupting Benefits) Act 2017 (Corrupting Benefits Act) was passed by Parliament. The legislation will come into operation shortly on a date to be proclaimed following Royal Assent. The Corrupting Benefits Act varies the...