Australia’s national day of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II to be public holiday

Australians will get a one-off public holiday on the national day of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II later this month. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that September 22 would be a public holiday to coincide with a memorial service for the Queen. “It will be a one-off national public holiday to allow people to pay their […]

PCBU ordered to publicise work health and safety conviction

When setting a penalty for breaches of work health and safety (WHS) obligations, the Courts will look at the need for specific deterrence against the offender and also the need for general deterrence for employers and the particular industry. In SafeWork NSW v Saunders Civilbuild Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] NSWDC 163 the NSW District […]

Backpays

Did you know that backpays that relate to a period more than 12 months ago, and are above $1,200, are reported as Lump Sum E? If you’re not sure if a back payment should be reported to the ATO as a gross payment or lump sum E, speak to your advisor or if you are […]

University of Newcastle and Charles Sturt University sign Enforceable Undertakings after underpayments

The University of Newcastle (UON) and Charles Sturt University (CSU) are back-paying staff about $6.2 million and $3.2 million respectively, plus superannuation and interest, and have each signed an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman. UON has admitted that between 2014 and 2020, it underpaid 7,595 employees a total of $6,269,241 owed under […]

Disability services provider CLRS signs Enforceable Undertaking

Community Living & Respite Services Inc (CLRS) has back-paid staff more than $3 million and entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman. The not-for-profit organisation, which is accredited to provide disability services in the New South Wales-Victoria border towns of Echuca and Moama and surrounding areas, self-reported its non-compliance to the […]

Supreme failure: Court finds HR manager accessorily liable for adverse action claim

The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) contains provisions which make it possible for individuals to be found accessorily liable for their involvement in a contravention of a workplace law. In particular, section 550 of the FW Act provides that a person “involved in” a contravention will be taken to have contravened that provision […]

Cashing out annual leave

Did you know that when an employee cashes out some of their annual leave, the payment must be the same as what the employee would have received had they taken the period of leave? This means special attention must be paid to the forward rostering of staff to ensure the value of the cashed out […]

New online course for Fair Work compliance notices

Fair Work has an online training course to help employers and their representatives understand how to respond if they receive a compliance notice from them. The course helps businesses by providing: information about compliance notices and why they are issued step-by-step guidance for responding to a compliance notice video scenarios and real-life case studies about […]

Annualised wage arrangements for restaurant, cafe and hospitality workers

From 1 September 2022, annualised wage arrangements in the following awards are changing: Restaurant Award Hospitality Award You may know these arrangements as annualised salaries. From 1 September 2022, there are new annualised wage arrangement rules in the Hospitality Award and the Restaurant Award, following a decision made by the Fair Work Commission. These replace […]

ATO push employers to phase two of single touch payroll upgrade

The Australian Taxation Office will start reminding employers about whether they have a valid exemption for not rolling out single touch payroll (STP) phase two as thousand-dollar fines kick in at the end of the year. Businesses without deferrals will be fined $210 for every 28 days an STP report is overdue, with a $1,050 […]

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