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19.07.2020
Fair Work changes underpayment tact, announces JobKeeper focus
The Fair Work Ombudsman will prioritise JobKeeper payment compliance over the next 12 months as it flags a shift away from its hard-line underpayments approach due to COVID-19. Australian workplaces significantly impacted by COVID-19 have now been ...
12.07.2020
Fourth person jailed for Operation Elbrus
Devyn Hammond has today been sentenced in the Supreme Court of NSW to 4 years jail for her role in a syndicate that is alleged to have defrauded the Commonwealth of more than $105 million over three years. Ms Hammond pleaded guilty to charges of ...
12.07.2020
No competition: Conflicts of interest in the employment relationship
Many standard employment contracts contain a clause that addresses an employee’s obligations in relation to secondary employment and conflicts of interest. The obligation is generally that an employee will not act in a manner that conflicts with the ...
12.07.2020
Penalty for underpayment of mushroom farm workers
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a $22,440 penalty against the former owner-operator of a labour-hire company following the underpayment of 80 workers on a Queensland mushroom farm. The Federal Court has imposed the penalty against Ms Tao Hu, who ...
05.07.2020
Westpac to repay $8m to 8,000 workers underpaid for long service leave
Westpac has said it will repay $8m to about 8,000 workers who it underpaid by incorrectly calculating their long service leave entitlements. The bank joins a long list of Australian companies, including rival Commonwealth Bank, Woolworths and the ABC, ...
05.07.2020
Unpaid pandemic leave & annual leave changes to awards
On 8 April 2020, the Fair Work Commission (the Commission) made determinations varying 99 awards, adding unpaid pandemic leave and annual leave flexibility. The determinations inserted a temporary new Schedule X into these 99 awards, which provided 2 ...
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