Government concessions ensures pre-Christmas passage of IR Bill
The Albanese Government unexpectedly secured passage through the Senate of its Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 (the Bill) in the final sitting days of Parliament for 2022. However, the insistence that the legislation be passed urgently has come at a cost, with Independent Senator, David Pocock, indicating that his critical support necessitated a “stack of changes” to the Bill that passed the House of Representatives in October.
Continue reading “Government concessions ensures pre-Christmas passage of IR Bill”REMINDER: 10 days PAID Family & Domestic Violence Leave on the way in 2023
Along with the wide-ranging changes that will be rolled out via the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill (see related article), 2023 will also herald the introduction of paid Family and Domestic Violence (FDV) leave for all national-system employees, including casuals.
Continue reading “REMINDER: 10 days PAID Family & Domestic Violence Leave on the way in 2023”Unions to begin push for paid ‘menstrual and menopausal leave’
Earlier in November, various unions began the process of surveying their members on what help women regard they need to participate in the workforce whilst balancing menopause, reproductive and menstrual-related symptoms, with the data intended to inform a national campaign due to launch in January 2023, seeking to introduce a paid entitlement to menstrual and menopausal leave for national-system employees.
Continue reading “Unions to begin push for paid ‘menstrual and menopausal leave’”$33.5K compensation for sacked ECT wrongly accused of child abuse
The Fair Work Commission has awarded an Early Childhood Teacher (ECT) substantial compensation after finding she was unfairly dismissed by her small business employer in November 2020, following a lacklustre investigation into allegations she had twice bound the hands of a child some three years earlier.
Continue reading “$33.5K compensation for sacked ECT wrongly accused of child abuse”2023 Queensland Public Holiday Calendar
Subscribers, login to your online account, go to ‘Fact Sheets’ and scroll down to the ‘Pay’ subheading to download a handy PDF list of all of the 2023 Public Holidays for Queensland.
Remember, as has been the case in recent years, there are some additional public holidays in force over the Christmas/New Year period this year across all Eastern States/Territories (see our related article).
Albanese Government Secures Senate Support for IR Bill
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke announced on Sunday 27 November that the government had secured the support of Greens senators and independent ACT senator David Pocock to pass its IR bill before the end of the year.
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Extra Public Holidays for Eastern States during 2022/23 Festive Season
Confirm the 2023/24 Festive Season public holidays for all of Australia here.
Work and Care Inquiry told “grandparental leave”, reduction in full-time hours needed
The Senate Select Committee on Work and Care was appointed by resolution of the Senate on 3 August 2022, having been constructed to inquire into the impact that combining work and care responsibilities has on the wellbeing of workers, carers, and those they care for. Various submissions lodged before the 22 September deadline advocate for the reduction of the full-time work week from 38 hours to 32 hours, along with the introduction of unpaid grandparental leave and increasing the accessibility of flexible working arrangements.
Continue reading “Work and Care Inquiry told “grandparental leave”, reduction in full-time hours needed”Increased Paid Parental Leave on the way, eventually
Speaking at the New South Wales state Labor conference on 15 October, Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, announced that the government-funded Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme will increase up to a total of 26 weeks, though the additional weeks of leave will be phased-in gradually, with the first two-week increase not occurring until July 2024.
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