Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Australia as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Australia: Data protection
Both the 1988 Australian Privacy Act and 2009 Fair Work Act contained safeguards to prevent the misuse of personal data and discrimination against candidates on the basis of background data requests …
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Australia: Super Guarantee rate rising 1 July 2021
With effect from 1st July 2021, the super guarantee rate will rise from 9 …
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Australia: Minimum wage to increase from 1 July 2021
With effect from 1st July 2021, anyone not covered by a modern award or collective agreement will be entitled to a national gross minimum wage of $772 …
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Australia: Priority migration skilled occupation list expanded
The Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) now includes 22 additional occupations across the accounting, engineering, information and communication technology and medical and hospitality sectors …
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Australia: Temporary visas to be extended for Myanmar citizens amid ongoing military coup
The Australian government has announced that all Myanmar nationals currently in Australia on temporary visas may apply to extend their stay until it is safe to return home …
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Australia: Victoria to begin work on recommendations arising from gig economy probe
The Victorian government is drawing up special provisions to protect gig workers …
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Australia: TWU and Virgin pilot union to merge
In an effort to strengthen its bargaining muscle, a merger has been agreed to take place this Summer between the Virgin Independent Pilots Association (VIPA) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) …
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Australia: Annual wage review 2020/21
The Fair Work Commission has just published a comprehensive and extremely useful statistical annex to its Annual Wage Review 2020/21 …
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Australia: Deloitte fights subpoenas over partner retirements
Several leading professional firms have long followed the practice of pressuring partners to retire by a specific age – even to the point of breaching the Age Discrimination Act …
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Australia: Sexual harassment reforms fast approaching in response to Respect@Work
The Human Rights Commission has recently pointed out in a report (Respect@work) that there is currently no express statutory prohibition of sexual harassment in the workplace …
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Australia: Enhanced social security safety net from from 1 April 2021
The fortnightly rate for working-age payments has just been increased by $50 (US$38) for 1 …
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Australia: Victorian businesses to get $20,000 wage subsidies if they hire women and workers in key priority groups
Employers in the State of Victoria may apply for a 12-months wage subsidy of up to $20,000 (US$15,263) if they hire women and workers from key priority groups …
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Australia: Casual employment
The government has now removed most of the contentious elements of its Fair Work Amendment Bill and left it to focus largely on casual employment …
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Australia: FWC Full Bench explains unfair dismissal compensation and deductions for misconduct
If an employee is guilty of misconduct, but the employer was not considered to have acted reasonably by therefore summarily dismissing them, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) is entitled to determine how many weeks of salary that the employee would be appropriate to receive by way of compensation …
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Australia: Apprenticeships financial assistance schemes
There are a number of financial assistance schemes available from the Australian Government to help employers with the hiring and training of apprentices …
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