In July 2017, the Fair Work Commission determined to introduce a model casual conversion clause into 85 modern awards and subsequently published the final model clause that took effect in modern awards from 1 October 2018. See our previous legal alert, “Casual Conversion Rights to be Included in Awards“. The model clause that...
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Parliament moves to block casuals from “double dipping” Following the Federal Court’s decision to award paid annual leave to a casual employee, see our previous legal alert “Regular Casual Employees Entitled to Annual Leave“, Federal Parliament has announced a regulation to be included in the Fair Work Regulations 2009 that is intended to minimise the impact...
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This week, Federal Parliament has passed legislation to: respond to two recommendations of the Productivity Commission’s 2015 Final Report into the Workplace Relation Framework; and introduce unpaid domestic violence leave into the National Employment Standards in the Fair Work Act 2009. Productivity Commission’s recommendations The first change will remove the...
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