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Australia’s Modern Slavery Act now in force
Australia - January 9 2019 Australia’s Modern Slavery Act came into force on 1 January 20191.. This Act establishes a modern slavery reporting requirement. Australian entities…
Senate passes Modern Slavery Bill
Australia - November 29 2018 On 28 November 2018, the Senate passed the Modern Slavery Bill with amendments. This landmark legislation requires certain business entities to…
Modern Slavery Bill 2018: Government moves - a little - on non-compliance
Australia - October 29 2018 The Modern Slavery Bill 2018 aims to establish a modern slavery reporting requirement to strengthen Australia’s approach to combating modern slavery…
Family and Domestic Violence Leave
Australia - August 6 2018 From 1 August 2018, all award covered employees are entitled to five days unpaid family and domestic violence leave. As part of the four yearly review…
Australia’s modern slavery reporting requirement for businesses
Australia - July 2 2018 On 29 June 2018, the Australian Government introduced to the Federal Parliament its much anticipated Modern Slavery Bill. This Bill requires certain…
NSW introduces modern slavery reporting for business
Australia - June 26 2018 The global movement to eradicate modern forms of slavery has taken another step forward. And, again, much of the responsibility for this progress is…
Minimum wages to increase by 3.5%
Australia - June 5 2018 The Fair Work Commission’s panel for annual wage reviews released its Annual Wage Review 2017-2018 decision on 1 June 2018. The decision provides that…
Not so sunny in the Sunshine State for unlicensed labour hire providers
Australia - November 21 2017 The Queensland government passed new laws recently to promote the integrity of the labour hire industry and protect workers from exploitation by…
General Protections Claims on the Rise
Australia - November 2 2017 The Fair Work Commission’s latest Annual Report for 2016/2017, released last week, shows that general protections claims are on the rise. There has…
Federal Court says FWC Penalty Rates Decision stands
Australia - October 11 2017 The February 2017 decision of a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to cut penalty rates in certain modern award, as detailed in our blog…
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