So, what is the real story about casual employees? The Federal Court released its decision of WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato  [2020] FCAFC 84 (Rossato), about casual employees in the mining industry and their access [...]

COVIDSafe App and employee rights With the introduction of the COVIDSafe app, protections were added to the  Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the PA). Consequently, the Fair Work Commission recently released an update to their General [...]

Returning to the Workplace - Post COVID-19 The COVID-19 outbreak has challenged workplaces around the country, testing the robustness of existing workplace standards and individual expectations. In forcing workers out of the workplace, to continue [...]

Help for Small Businesses to Recover from COVID Everyday we see the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on small businesses. While our team do what they can to help  local small businesses  survive the current COVID-19 [...]

Legal Update – NFP organisation to pay back $13.6 million to underpaid employees The Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has undertaken audits across the country, in the last few years, with the aim [...]

On 30 March 2020, the Federal government announced implementation of the wage subsidy package to assist business owners and operators to keep their businesses functioning and people employed through the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst approximately 500,000 [...]