Page 8 - Fair Work Amendment News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Friday, December 11, 2020 The Morrison Government's first major workplace reform Bill was introduced into Federal Parliament on 9 December 2020.  The Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's 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 Government's Fair Work system that have created controversy, uncertainty and calls for change. It also aligns with the Government's focus on productivity, job creation and wage growth. Below are the key reforms:  CASUAL EMPLOYM...

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. Who's 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 or after commencement of the amendments.  Casual conversion Context Where an employee has been enga...

The new definition of the “casual employee”: The details, the flaws and the likely outcome Trent Hancock On December 9, 2020, the federal government introduced the long-awaited Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 into the House of Representatives.  The bill was introduced after what Minister for Industrial Relations Christian Porter described as “extensive consultation with employer and employee groups”, who spent more than 150 hours deliberating five key areas of industrial relations. One of those key areas, and perhap...

Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 into the House of Representatives.  The bill was introduced after what Minister for Industrial Relations Christian Porter described as “extensive consultation with employer and employee groups”, who spent more than 150 hours deliberating five key areas of industrial relations. One of those key areas, and perhaps the most controversial, was the uncertainty about casual employment and how a casual worker was defined. In order to remove this uncertainty, the bill introduces, for the first time, a statutory d...