Effective 1 August 2018, all employees covered by modern awards, including full?time, part?time, and casual staff, are entitled to unpaid domestic violence leave. Businesses must now consider how they will manage this entitlement within their workplace policies.
Incorrectly classifying an employee as a contractor can be costly. Businesses can be fined up to $54,000 for sham contracting. It is easy to ensure you avoid such fines with advice from our human resources (HR) specialists.
The Fair Work Act 2009 requires national minimum wage & minimum award rates be reviewed each financial year. The Fair Work Commission recently issued the 2017/18 annual wage review which will see increase by 3.5% from 1 July 2018.
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icare recently communicated NSW workers compensation premium formula has been updated. An important change is the exclusion of fatality claims.
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Safe Work Australia has introduced a Licence Register to making it easier to do business to find important information. Following a WHS Regulation amendment, the NSW Government published a register of individuals who hold high risk & construction licenses
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