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Date Time Employment law proposals set to impact Australia’s employers in 2021 2021 is set to be a bumper year for employment law changes with a number of wide-ranging proposals in the pipeline. The Coalition government’s Industrial Relations reform bill, which was unveiled at the end of 2020, is likely to have the biggest impact on employers across the country. HRD spoke to Kyle Scott, director of the Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors (ABLA) about some of the key areas for employers to watch this year. Defining a casual employee The most far-reaching aspect of the proposed Fair Work...

Union thug John Setka and his CFMEU cronies are the beneficiaries, but are not the cause of our fractured industrial relations system. It's a sham system that not only fails to block corrupt unions like the CFMEU, but seems to support them. How else could regular workplace thuggery be tolerated? Why else could the intimidation flourish? How else could taxpayers be gouged billions extra for vital public works? Could it be because of a cosy relationship with the top-tier building firms who win all the lucrative jobs, the industry groups like the Master Builders' Association, and the unions...

Union thug John Setka and his CFMEU cronies are the beneficiaries, but are not the cause of our fractured industrial relations system. It's a sham system that not only fails to block corrupt unions like the CFMEU, but seems to support them. How else could regular workplace thuggery be tolerated? Why else could the intimidation flourish? How else could taxpayers be gouged billions extra for vital public works? Could it be because of a cosy relationship with the top-tier building firms who win all the lucrative jobs, the industry groups like the Master Builders' Association, and the unions...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 – What it means for you The Morrison Government introduced the  Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Job and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 ( Bill) to Federal Parliament on 9 December 2020.  Employer groups have welcomed the Bill's changes as the first step to getting industrial relations back on track.  Unions have derided the Bill as the worst attack on workers' rights since Work Choices.  We t...

Date Time Unpacking Fair Work Act’s new casual conversion “right” Earlier this week, the federal government unveiled the much-anticipated Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 in parliament. One of the key areas of focus for the federal government was casual employment and the ability for casual workers to convert to permanent employment if certain conditions were met. The explanatory memorandum to the newly unveiled bill suggests that a statutory obligation to offer conversion to permanent employment will “help employees engaged as casual...