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09.08.2020
Medical institute signs Enforceable Undertaking
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research is back-paying employees more than $350,000 after entering into an Enforceable Undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman. The not-for-profit organisation, which conducts biomedical research and ...
09.08.2020
Government confirms JobKeeper 2.0 turnover tweak
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced that eligibility for JobKeeper 2.0 will now be based on single quarters, in light of the stage 4 restrictions facing Melbourne. The eligibility changes, which will apply nationwide from 28 September, will now ...
09.08.2020
An extra 400,000 Australians could lose their jobs, due to Victoria’s lockdown
An extra 400,000 Australians could lose their jobs or be working zero hours by the end of the year as a result of Victoria’s second lockdown. As the state recorded another 471 cases and eight deaths, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told reporters on Thursday ...
02.08.2020
Victoria has lost 7.3% of all jobs in the state since the middle of March
Victoria has experienced the most job losses in Australia, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The ABS found payroll jobs fell 7.3% in Victoria, followed by a 6.8% decline in Tasmania. Overall, the ABS revealed a 1.1% drop ...
02.08.2020
Plutus Payroll founder Simon Anquetil jailed
The company’s founder and former CEO Simon Anquetil has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth and dealing with the proceeds of crime worth $1 million or more. The founder of Plutus Payroll, the heavily IT industry-focused ...
02.08.2020
Bus money – FWC upholds dismissal of employee who borrowed money from bus passenger
Out of hours conduct and its impact on the employment relationship is always a hotly debated topic – particularly between employers and their employees. Many employees hold the belief that their conduct outside of work is entirely irrelevant to their ...
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