Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Australia as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Australia: Companies continue to recruit, even though corporate profits are plunging (Q1 & Q2 2023)
There was an average 13 …
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Australia: 2023-24 permanent migration program
Of the total 190,000 slots available, the Family Stream will take 52,500 places (28% of the program), and the Skill Stream will take 137,100 places (72%) …
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Australia: Pay secrecy clauses now banned altogether
Employers are reminded that in employment contracts made on or after 7th December 2022 a pay secrecy term has no effect and cannot be enforced …
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Australia: Average weekly earnings rise (May 2023)
Over the year to May 2023, average weekly ordinary full-time adult earnings increased by 3 …
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Australia: Business activity falls by the greatest amount in 19 months (August 2023)
The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell in August 2023 to 47 …
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Australia: ‘Permanent casual’ status coming under fire
Around 850,000 workers on casual contracts could soon have the right to be offered permanent contracts if their work routines indicate that they are undertaking regular work and should therefore be entitled to paid annual holidays and sickpay …
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Australia: Fair work small claims jurisdiction change
The monetary cap for recovering unpaid employment entitlements via the Fair Work small claims process (filing a Fair Work Application: Small Claims – Form 5) has been increased from $20,000 (US$13,658) to $100,000 (US$68,290) …
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Australia: Child employment law changes in Victoria take effect
On July 1st 2023, new limitations on the employment of children came into effect across Victoria State …
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Australia: Rise in unpaid parental leave
Under the ‘Protecting Worker Entitlements Bill’ just passed by the Federal parliament, employees will be able to take up to 100 flexible unpaid parental leave days instead of the previous 30 days …
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Australia: Measures heralded in by the new financial year
The reason why so many changes occur on 1st July each year is that in Australia financial years run from 1st July to 30th June the following year …
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Australia: Three changes to note on 1st July 2023
On this date, Australia raises its minimum wage to $23 …
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Australia: FWC first point of reference when sexual harassment accusations are made
A change that has passed by almost unnoticed this Spring has been the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC’s) new role in adjudicating sexual harassment cases …
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Australia: ‘Zombie Agreements’ to expire in December 2023
‘Zombie Agreements’ to automatically come to an end …
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Australia: Working on a public holiday – by request and not order
It has long been assumed that an employer may require a worker to work on public holidays if there is a collective agreement allowing this obligation to apply …
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Australia: Government to lift minimum wage for skilled migrants
The country’s Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) was frozen by a previous government at AUD 53,900 (US$35,690) a year in 2013 …
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