An essential resource for anyone dealing with workplace law – employment lawyers, industrial relations practitioners, human resource (HR) specialists, and in-house HR counsel.

KEY FEATURES

The volume consolidates all operative amendments to 11 September 2021, including:

• Fair Work Act 2009, including amendments regarding casual employment, sexual harassment, compassionate and unpaid parental leave, the Federal Circuit and Family Court (Division 2) and Jobkeeper disputes. 
• Fair Work Commission Rules 2013, including amendments to the procedure for notice of representation, and requiring declarations instead of statutory declarations due to COVID-19 restrictions
• Fair Work Regulations 2009, including the addition of sexual harassment to the definition of “serious misconduct”, and the remaining Jobkeeper provisions
• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 and regulations, including amendments to allow withdrawal from amalgamations outside the time limit in certain circumstances
• Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 and regulations, and transitional legislation and rules
• Code for the Tendering and Performance of Building Work 2016

• Related federal legislation about independent contractors.