by JFM Team | May 31, 2019
Around a quarter of the Australian workforce is set to receive a pay rise after the Fair Work Commission raised the national minimum wages by 3.75 percent. This will take the minimum hourly rate under the national minimum wage from $23.23 per hour to $24.10 per hour,...
by JFM Team | Apr 17, 2019
There are tough penalties for company directors avoiding employee entitlements. The Corporations Amendment (Strengthening Protections for Employee Entitlements) Act 2019 made amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 which strengthened the Act’s ability to deter and...
by JFM Team | Mar 15, 2019
A report to the federal government by the Migrant Workers’ Taskforce has recommended that jail time be introduced if employers underpay workers. This would significantly increase the severity of penalties available to courts, with the Fair Work Act currently...
by JFM Team | Feb 28, 2019
While preparing for workplace investigations, you should be aware that there may be a process to comply with in relation to your type of business. Milam v University of Melbourne – a workplace investigations case study The recent decision in Milam v University...
by JFM Team | Feb 11, 2019
New laws tested by the Fair Work Ombudsman mean that good record keeping can help considerably in determining the outcome of underpayment claims. The Protecting Vulnerable Workers’ Act, introduced in 2017, amended the Fair Work Act to increase protections for...
