Sunsetting of Zombie Agreements
Workplace agreements made before 2010 that remain in operation, known as ‘zombie agreements’, will automatically ‘sunset’ on 6 December 2023 under legislation passed by the Commonwealth parliament. This means the agreements will cease to apply to anyone after that date.
Court Fines Employsure $3 Million for False Advertising
Workplace relations consultancy Employsure has been ordered to pay a $3 million fine over online advertisements which falsely claimed its services had government sponsorship or approval.
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Napping Truck Driver Unfairly Sacked: Fair Work Commission
The nation’s industrial tribunal has found a worker sacked for sleeping on duty was dismissed unfairly by his employer because of an absence of procedural fairness in the dismissal process.
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Rail Worker with 40 Years of Flawless Service Unfairly Dismissed Over Positive Alcohol Test: Fair Work Commission
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered the reinstatement of a long-serving rail worker who was sacked for testing positive for alcohol after finding the decision to dismiss him was disproportionate to the misconduct involved.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).