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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australias Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 – What it means for you The Morrison Government introduced the  Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australias Job and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 ( Bill) to Federal Parliament on 9 December 2020.  Employer groups have welcomed the Bills changes as the first step to getting industrial relations back on track....

In the media Joint effort needed to improve remote-area waste streams: APCO Greater collaboration will be necessary to ensure packaging and plastic waste in remote and regional areas are properly managed in future, a new report says. The report is part of APCOs work with all governments to meet the 2025 National Packaging Targets and to deliver on the commitments outlined in the National Waste Policy Action Plan (03 December 2020).  More... Placing a value on wetlands ‘will improve coastal p...

The FW Bill is to amend the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) to assist Australias economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The governments proposed amendments to the FW Act are said to provide more clarity and certainty to employers and employees about their rights and responsibilities, while promoting flexibility in employment relationships, and a more streamlined and usable industrial relations system. As this is the last week of Parliament for 2020, we expect to see much debate on the...

Nine major mining projects in the Bowen and Galilee Basins will generate the need for more than 4200 jobs with one occupation identified as the most in-demand. The Australian Resources and Energy Groups workforce forecasting report, released today, quantified the need for skilled workers across the mining and energy sectors to propel the COVID-19 economic recovery. Using a number of industry-verified modelling techniques, the Australian Mines and Metals Associations Resources and Energy Work...

2020-12-15 by Proactive Australia Roots Sustainable Agricultural Technologies Limited (ASX:ROO) has started installing more than 1,000 heat exchange probe units at the My Green Fields cannabis farm in Northern Israel. This is the first deployment of Israeli‐manufactured heat exchange probes on a large commercial scale. By streamlining the supply chain and reducing shipping costs, Roots has transitioned production of its heat exchange probe technology from China to Israel, allowing the compan...

A very Hooper farewell to the original Four Green Fields, a Tampa institution Ernest Hooper pays tribute to the W Platt Street bar where he — and the rest of Tampa — spent many hours.     Patrons enjoy the last pints served on the last day of the original Four Green Fields bar on Saturday. The iconic Tampa bar opened at 205 W Platt St. in 1992 and will soon move to a new Channel District location. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ] Updated Dec. 13, 2020 TAMPA — It’s not how it...

Sir Barry Gibb explains why he and his brothers never succumbed to making a festive single.

Friday, December 11, 2020 The Morrison Governments first major workplace reform Bill was introduced into Federal Parliament on 9 December 2020.  The Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australias Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 (the Omnibus Bill) does not represent an overhaul of workplace laws, but applies touch paint to key aspects of the former Labor Governments Fair Work system that have created controversy, uncertainty and calls for change. It also aligns with the Governments ...

whether the person will be entitled to a casual loading or a specific rate of pay for casual employees under the terms of the offer or a fair work instrument.  Employers will also be obliged to provide casual employees with a Casual Employee Information Statement, as prepared by the Fair Work Ombudsman. Whos affected? These provisions may apply to all employers and employees engaged as casuals.  The new definition applies in relation to offers of employment that were given before, on o...

Rolling Stone How a New Doc Reclaims the Bee Gees’ Legacy Director and producer of How Can You Mend A Broken Heart discuss tackling the Australian trio’s saga and introducing their music to a whole new generation By Lennox Mclendon/AP/Shutterstock/Courtesy of HBO The Bee Gees created music for nearly five decades, but their legacy is often reduced to a brief period in the late Seventies when they became the most famous disco band on the planet thanks to the Saturday Night...