Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Australia as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Australia: Queensland minimum wage has just increased by 3.5%
The Queensland minimum wage has just increased by 3 …
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Australia: WA to expunge historical homosexual convictions
The government of Western Australia has decided to follow the lead of the Queensland government last year by expunging all criminal records relating to consensual homosexual activity …
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Australia: New changes to Chain of Responsibility laws
From October 1st 2018 those operating Heavy Goods Vehicles must adopt new Chain of Responsibility laws …
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Australia: Employers cry foul over casual truck driver’s win
The Federal court has found that a Queensland truck driver should have been paid accrued annual leave when his job was terminated …
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Australia: Skilling Australia Fund is now in force
The Migration (Skilling Australians Fund (SAF)) Changes Regulations Act took effect on August the 12th, 2018 …
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Australia: Wages growth is exactly as low as markets expected
New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that over the year to Q2 2018, annual wages increased by 2 …
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Australia: NSW Labor aims to use state laws to regulate gig economy workers
The new Labour government of New South Wales has established as a priority the reform of employment legislation to protect Gig online platform workers …
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Australia: ACT Court of Appeal finds Coles liable for fall off a safety step
A company requiring staff to use any device to reach shelves at height should take note of the Appeal case Coles Supermarket Australia Pty Limited (“Coles”) v Harris [2018] ACTCA 25 …
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Australia: Employers in last-ditch challenge to CFMMEU merger
A bid by Employers associations to prevent the merger of two unions has failed …
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Australia: Are your employment contracts ‘comic’ enough?
A multinational company – Aurecon – is in the process of replacing 1200 employment contracts with pictorial, rather than written, employment agreements in order to reduce potential ambiguity caused by complicated written contracts …
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Australia: Proportion of women staying in the same job prior to giving birth increased to 77%
The Pregnancy and Employment Transitions survey has revealed that over the year to 2017, the proportion of women staying in the same job prior to giving birth has increased to 77% …
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Australia: Concern of the cost for directors and officers insurance on class action increases
Although there is little evidence of any increase in the number of class actions against companies, especially from shareholders, there is a concern amongst many finance directors that the cost of insurance premiums to protect directors in such actions is rising sharply …
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Australia: PageUp details possible data breach
The PageUp HR systems provider has informed clients that it experienced a major data breach on May 23rd 2018 due to the presence of malware …
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Australia: Minimum wage increased by 3.5% to $18.93 an hour
The National Minimum Wage has been raised 3 …
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Australia/New Zealand: E-cigarettes
Employers seeking to control and discourage smoking at work have frequently run up against the question is an eCigarette the same as a lit tobacco one? Ardent smokers have frequently found help in quitting through use of a Vap …
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