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March 2021

Get the “jab” – mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for employees? Employment
31 March, 2021

Get the “jab” – mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for employees?

With the COVID-19 vaccine rollout starting in Australia, organisations are considering whether or not they are able to mandate that their employees get vaccinated. The answer…it depends (noting that there is yet to be a decision by the Courts on this question). Employers, in directing employees to get vaccinated, will…
Victoria Caldwell
IR Reforms: Stripped back to amendments to casual employment Employment
23 March, 2021

IR Reforms: Stripped back to amendments to casual employment

Yesterday, the amended Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2021 (the “Bill”) passed Parliament, after the House of Representatives accepted the Senate’s amendments. The Bill, as introduced in Parliament in December 2020, has been reduced to include only changes to casual employment. These changes include: a…
Victoria Caldwell
Major Amendments to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Regulation 2020 (NSW) ConstructionProperty & ProjectsSecurity of Payments
16 March, 2021

Major Amendments to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Regulation 2020 (NSW)

On 1 March 2021, Schedule 2 of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Regulation 2020 (NSW) (Regulations) came into force. As a result, owner occupier construction contracts entered into on or after 1 March 2021 are no longer exempt from the application of the Building and Construction Industry…
Victoria Caldwell