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On 9 December 2020, the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill (Bill) was introduced to the Federal Parliament by the Attorney General and Minister for Industrial Relations, Christian Porter. The Bill proposes

On 1 June this year, we wrote about the introduction of the Retail Leases and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020 (Qld) (Regulation) and its impact on retail and commercial leases (see our article here). In short, th

On 9 September 2020, Parliament passed a bill amending the Criminal Code (Queensland) (Code) and effectively making “wage theft” a criminal offence in Queensland, punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment. The bill is awaiting royal assent and l

The method for submitting applications for relief and various fundraising and corporate finance documents with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is changing. From 27 July 2020, applications and documents to support specific

The Fair Work Commission is in the process of finalising its decision to insert new model ‘annualised wage’ clauses into some modern awards as part of an ongoing review of awards. Most of these will take effect at the start of the first full pay

People Risk: the Board Governance series The role of the board has not been subjected to as much discussion and scrutiny over the past 10 years as it has in 2018. Between the corporate and prudential regulators, ASX, proxy advisors, investor repres

If your operation is using workers employed by a separate company you are probably using "hired labour". From 16 April 2018 new laws will regulate these arrangements in Queensland. Introduced in response to scandals involving agricultural workers, t

On 28 April 2017, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia ruled for the first time that a professional services provider (an accountancy firm) should be held liable as an accessory for the unpaid award wages contraventions of its employer client. The