What employees are paid if they work when daylight saving time ends

We have had a lot of calls from members about the start and end of daylight savings and how this affects people who work overnight shifts. Here is some clarity from Fair Work. Employees should check their award or enterprise agreement for terms about daylight saving. If there is nothing in them about daylight saving, […]

Unpaid family and domestic violence leave entitlements

Entitlement to unpaid family and domestic violence leave All eligible employees are entitled to take unpaid family and domestic violence leave. This entitlement became part of the National Employment Standards (NES) in 2018. There hss been recent changes to 5 awards The Fair Work Commission issued a decision recently in relation to 5 awards that […]

How to report employment and taxation information through STP Phase 2

There are many factors to help you work out the correct amount to withhold from your employees’ pay. These may be based on information they provide in their TFN declaration or withholding declaration, or their employment information. You must now report this information in each STP report, reflecting any changes to their employment basis. You […]

Spotless penalised for failing to pay redundancy

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a $17,500 penalty against facilities services company Spotless Services Australia Limited in a legal action that has established greater clarity on situations in which employers must pay redundancy entitlements. The Federal Court imposed the penalty after finding that Spotless contravened the Fair Work Act when it terminated the employment […]

Commission finds employee’s out-of-hours conduct at social gathering to be a valid reason for dismissal

The physical return-to-work happening at many workplaces will also see the return of work-related events in an effort to reacquaint employees after a string of lockdowns and stay at home orders. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently set out the standard of appropriate workplace conduct at work-related events, especially when the employer has allowed for […]

STP2 education series – 1. Disaggregation of gross

STP reporting currently includes a gross amount. This is the total of many different components and payment types. Because some of these are treated differently for social security purposes, you will now need to report more detail. In STP Phase 1, the gross amount you report contains different types of amounts depending on the particular […]

Cost of Living Bill confirms deductibility of Covid-19 tests

On 30 March 2022, both Houses of the Parliament of Australia passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Support and Other Measures) Bill 2022 (Bill). The Bill comes after the Federal Treasurer announced in February 2022 on the intended deductibility of Covid-19 tests. The Bill received Royal Assent on 31 March 2022 to allow […]

NZ news: Fair Pay Agreements are on the way

The New Zealand Government has recently introduced a bill which will become a key battleground of the upcoming election. The question is whether the newly enthused National Party can turn it into a “cost of living crisis” type issue to whack the Government with. The Fair Pay Agreements bill, which was introduced into the house […]

Brisbane insurance company in court

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the operator of an insurance claims management business in the Brisbane CBD. Facing court are Alliance Property Consultancy Pty Ltd, which operated ‘Storm Assist’ on Eagle Street, and its sole director Adam Skilled Killackey. The regulator began investigations after receiving a request for assistance from a […]

An Unwanted Footprint: FWC highlights the importance of a social media policy to safeguard employers’ reputations

Employees have a duty to ensure that their out of hours conduct (including social media posts) is not contrary to the obligations they owe to their employer. Further employees should also ensure that out of hours conduct is not in breach of workplace policies or damaging to the reputation of their employer. In Corry v […]

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