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Modern awards and transitional provisions

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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October 6 2009

The Australian Industrial Relations Commission has issued an important decision about arrangements for the transition to modern awards

Court orders $466,000 damages for discrimination in the workplace

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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October 6 2009

Discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace can expose employers to very large liabilities

Good faith bargaining consideration so far

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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October 6 2009

The Federal Labor Government’s Fair Work Act 2009 commenced operation on 1 July 2009

Paid parental leave consequences for enterprise agreements

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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October 6 2009

The Federal Government has announced the introduction of a paid parental leave scheme for parents who are the primary carers of a child born or adopted on or after 1 January 2011

Occupational health and safety a national model

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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October 23 2009

Safe Work Australia has recently released the National Model Act for Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) for public comment

Fair Work Act set for 1 July start

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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June 30 2009

The federal government’s Fair Work legislation will be able to commence on 1 July 2009, as planned, after two key transitional Bills were passed by parliament

Fair Work Act to go national on 1 January

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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December 11 2009

With the passage of legislation by the Commonwealth and the States, the release of the final batch of ‘modern awards’ and the publication of the Fair Work Information Statement, everything is in place for the Rudd Government’s ‘national system’ of workplace laws to take effect from 1 January 2010

Deductibility of self education expenses

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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November 30 2009

The Full Bench of the Federal Court has recently upheld a decision at first instance that a full time student was entitled to deduct self education expenses againsther assessable income being earnings from part time work and the youth allowance

Legal professional privilege and OHS

Piper Alderman
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Australia
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December 31 2009

In the recent case of Nicholson v Waco Kwikform Limited (the Kwikform case) the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (NSWIRC) found that Kwikform’s incident investigation report was protected by legal professional privilege and was therefore inadmissible as evidence in Court