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What Makes for a Good Enterprise Agreement? And What is the Importance of Getting it Right?
An enterprise agreement replaces any awards or previous agreements that would otherwise apply to an employee’s employment contract.
La Trobe University’s $9.3 Million Wage Underpayment: Important Lessons for Australian Employers
This case serves as an important reminder to employers about tracking underpayments to avoid financial and reputational costs.
Understanding Industrial Instruments in Employment. Is Your Business Compliant?
Do you know which industrial instruments cover your employees? If the answer is that they are all award-free, our experts suggest it’s time for a thorough review.
Workplace Training: Why it is Important in a Compliance Conversation
Workplace training is an organisation’s best defence to building a compliance-first culture.
New Queensland Sexual and Gender-based Harassment Prevention
Effective 1 March 2025, under the Work Health and Safety (Sexual Harassment) Amendment Regulation 2024 (Qld), employers will be required to develop a written prevention plan.
Smart Workplace Policies, Stronger Cultures: Compliance Made Clear
Workplace policies must be more than just words on paper. They should be clear, current, enforceable, and effectively communicated to employees.
How to Detect Compliance Issues in Your Business: Spot the ‘Red Flags’
If compliance issues are becoming apparent in your business, engage specialists, preferably external, to conduct a compliance audit.
FWO Secured Largest Penalties in its 15-Year Run – $473 Million for Underpayments
Employers have had to pay out $473 million to employees for underpayments and pay a further $21.2 million in court ordered penalties.
Criminalising the Deliberate Underpayment of Wages, Effective from 1 January 2025
Intentional underpayment of wages and other entitlements is now a criminal offence, marking a critical time for businesses to address compliance.
