The full Federal Court has ruled that 12-hour shift workers are entitled to accrue 120 hours of personal/carer’s leave each year under the National Employment Standards (NES), rather than 76 hours, as argued by their employer and the Federal Industrial Relations Minister. The NES provides 10 days of personal/carer’s leave...
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According to a briefing given to Federal Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter, the Morrison Government is expected to establish a National Labour Hire Registration Scheme in early 2020. Although the 2019/2020 budget allocation for the Fair Work Ombudsman to establish a National Labour Hire Registration Scheme comes into effect on...
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The High Court has struck down an AAT ruling that the Department’s dismissal of a public servant operating a Twitter account critical of the Department’s policies was unlawful on the basis of the implied freedom of political communication. Background Ms Banerji, an employee of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship...
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The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has considered how overtime and penalty rates should be applied in respect of casual nurses under the Nurses Award 2010 after the ANMF argued the Commission should not have approved an enterprise agreement because not all employees were better off overall. In...
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