A Full Bench has issued a statement today starting a new major case to develop a working from home term in the Clerks – Private Sector Award 2020. This case is an outcome of the Modern Awards Review 2023-24, and the term that is developed may serve as a model term for other modern awards. If
Significant changes to our functions start today as a result of amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 made by the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024. You can read about this on our New laws webpage. From today, the laws: empower us to deal with applications relating to disputes about
A Full Bench has finalised the right to disconnect modern award term. We will add the term into all 155 modern awards. The new right starts on 26 August 2024 for most employers. For employers who are small business employers on 26 August 2024, the right will start on 26 August 2025. We finalised the
The right to disconnect protects employees who refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact or attempted contact outside their working hours, unless their refusal is unreasonable. The right starts on 26 August 2024 for most employees. For employees of small businesses, it will start on 26 August 2025. We have published information about the
We are preparing for changes to our functions as a result of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024. Many of these changes start on 26 August 2024. Today we have published new information about changes to casual employment laws including: a downloadable Fact Sheet about casual employment laws, and updates
