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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 ...
05.07.2020
‘Unexpected error’: ATO website crashes
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) portal appears to have crashed on Wednesday morning, the first day of the new financial year. Wednesday 1 July marks the first day Australians in need can access the second batch of early superannuation, meaning they can ...
05.07.2020
Coronavirus: Flexibility measures extended for clerks, payroll employees
Employers have been handed a reprieve from the Fair Work Commission after it agreed to extend special conditions covering more than one million clerical, payroll and administrative workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes to the clerks award, ...
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