Our legal updates focus on important employment law and industrial relations issues.

Legal Updates

NEW AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL YEAR 2023-2024: ACTIONS FOR EMPLOYERS

Date: June 27, 2023
 ·         The Fair Work Commission (FWC)’s decision on minimum pay increases the national minimum wage by approximately 8.6% and minimum modern award rates by 5.75%. ·         The superannuation guarantee rate is 11% effective from 1 July 2023.  The superannuation rate is currently scheduled to progressively increase to 12% by July 2025. ·         The high income… > READ MORE

FINANCIAL YEAR 2022–2023: ACTIONS FOR EMPLOYERS

Date: June 30, 2022
 The Fair Work Commission (FWC)’s decision on minimum pay increases the national minimum wage by 5.2% and minimum modern award rates by 4.6%. From 1 July 2022, the national minimum wage will be $812.60 a week or $21.38 an hour. The minimum rates of pay in modern awards will be increased by 4.6% subject to… > READ MORE

EMPLOYING CASUAL EMPLOYEES

Date: September 21, 2021
 The engagement of casual employees has been simplified for employers, provided that certain requirements are met.  Employers that engage, or are intending to engage, casual employees should be familiar with the new statutory definition of a “casual employee” and the new casual conversion provisions. NEW STATUTORY DEFINITION OF “CASUAL EMPLOYEE” The Fair Work Act 2009… > READ MORE