An employee’s right to disconnect from their workplace outside of hours is one of the workplace law changes being introduced as part of the Closing Loopholes Bill. These changes in relation to the employee’s right to disconnect will start on: 26 August 2024 for non-small business employers 26 August 2025 for small business employers (14 [...]
Under the Fair Work Act, employees dealing with the impact of family and domestic violence can: take unpaid family and domestic violence leave; request flexible working arrangements (if working for the same employer regularly for at least 12 months); and take paid or unpaid personal/carer’s leave, in certain circumstances. The Fair Work Act defines family [...]
Casual Conversion Deadline – 27 September 2021 There is just under one week left for Employers to ensure that they have assessed their existing casual employees for conversion to permanent employment. What does this mean? If you employ casuals and you are not a small business, you must take action to comply with the new provisions in the Fair [...]
There have been some very important changes recently to the laws regarding casual employees. The National Employment Standards now include a right for a casual employee to become a full-time or part-time employee in the following circumstances: They have been with the same employer for 12 months; They have worked a regular pattern of hours [...]
