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In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, governments in the various states and territories of Australia have enacted public health orders to minimise the risk of further transmission of the virus. Following the making of these public health orders, e...
With the increased risk from the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant within the community and workplaces, a hot topic for employers is whether they can direct their employees to have the COVID-19 vaccine. And if they refuse, can they terminate o...
On 1 February 2021, the final phase of the Fair Work Commission's 2019-20 Annual Wage Review will come into effect, increasing minimum pay rates in a number of modern awards, including awards covering those industries impacted by the COVID-19 pandemi...
Can an employer decide to make an influenza (or COVID-19) vaccination an inherent requirement of the role and if so, is this a lawful and reasonable direction? Protecting the health and safety of clients, colleagues and the community involve...
In April this year, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) published two contrasting decisions regarding applications by employers to reduce the amount of redundancy pay due to their incapacity to pay. These decisions were the first two of t...
In previous articles1, we have discussed the implementation of NSW and Commonwealth regulations on the execution of documents during COVID-19 including how to sign and witness documents by audiovisual link. Remote execution of documents h...
Another round of job cuts is likely imminent with JobKeeper 1.0 having come to an end on Sunday. Letting staff go is never easy, but during the midst of this global pandemic it may be necessary for many businesses trying to stay afloat. Although ma...
Temporary changes to insolvency laws to provide businesses with added protections following the outbreak of Covid-19 were due to expire on 25 September 2020, but have now been officially extended until 31 December 2020. The Corporations ...
Today, in a joint media release Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Attorney General Christian Porter have announced that the Federal Government's temporary insolvency and bankruptcy protections will be extended until 31 December 2020. &n...