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The raft of sexual harassment, indecent assault and rape allegations that have been made within the entertainment industry in recent months has put the spotlight on sexual harassment in the [...]

Vulnerable workers bill to become law: Fines of up to $630,000 for serious compliance breaches, amongst other significant changes Following on from the 7Eleven underpaid wage scandal, and other [...]

Hazards for employers when employees ‘fish off the company pier’ The recent media attention given to the Seven West and Amber Harrison legal and social media battle, as well as to the recent [...]

Fair Work Commission orders significant changes to casual employment rules, including award obligation of casual conversion to full/part time employment. Casual right to convert to permanent [...]

The Fair Work Commission has today, 6 June 2017, handed down the 2017 minimum wage review which will increase award wages across the board by 3.3%.  The national minimum award wage will increase [...]

Over the past year we have been working hard on expanding our boutique employment law practice and increasing our capacity to assist businesses with and a broader range of and more complex [...]

Bullying increasingly is becoming a costly matter for business, with the 2014 introduction of the Fair Work Commission’s (Commission) anti-bullying laws, and recent significant damages orders for [...]

Employers in Australia have obligations under State and federal laws which must be complied with. Directors, managers and supervisors can be held personally liable under some of these laws, [...]

Accessory liability provisions are increasingly being used to pursue directors and managers of businesses personally, for breaches of obligations to employees. Under these accessory liability [...]

1. Increase to minimum wages In accordance with the Fair Work Commission’s annual wage review decision earlier this month, minimum rates of pay under awards and the national minimum wage will [...]