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03.05.2020
Over $170,000 penalties for apprentice underpayments
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured penalties of $177,174 against a Queensland construction company and its director after two young carpentry apprentices were underpaid $32,347. The Federal Circuit Court ordered Brendan Paul Angus to pay penalties of ...
26.04.2020
Fair Work Commission Makes First COVID-19 Decision Against Auscript
The Fair Work Commission has made orders against Australia’s leading legal transcription service provider for failing to properly consult with employees in accordance with its enterprise agreement before giving effect to redundancies arising out of the ...
26.04.2020
Coronavirus support measures see hundreds of thousands of Australians access superannuation early
Hundreds of thousands of Australians have been granted early access to their superannuation savings, totalling $3.8 billion in early payments, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has said. Key points: The total value of early super accessed by Australians has ...
26.04.2020
Send me your location? Staying connected while working from home
The coronavirus pandemic has not only upended our social and family lives, for many of us it has also required us to fundamentally change the ways that we work, including working remotely. When once employees could meet up to collaborate on projects, or ...
19.04.2020
Australian employment holds up for now as virus blow looms
But impact from major COVID-19 related actions will be evident in April Australia posted a surprise rise in jobs in March before the full impact of coronavirus restrictions was captured and was likely bolstered by hiring at supermarkets and associated ...
19.04.2020
I’ll go first: Employer’s disciplinary process didn’t force resignation
The commencement of a disciplinary process against an employee is not an insignificant matter. It serves to notify an employee that their employer has serious concerns about their employment; whether that is the standard of the employee’s performance, ...
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