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 27 March 2024, which cover changes to:

•            Fair Work Act 2009, including provisions concerning labour hire, workplace delegates rights, protections for those subject to family and domestic violence, bargaining, enterprise agreement making, flexible work requests, unpaid parental leave requests and registered organisations, as a result of the:

–            Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024

–            Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023

–            Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms and Other Updates) Act 2023

–            Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) Act 2023

–            Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Act 2023

–            Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022, and

–            Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Act 2022

• Some of the key changes made to the Fair Work Act 2009 which have received assent but are yet to commence under the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024 and Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 are included as notes in this edition, and cover issues such as the right to disconnect, casual employment, minimum standards for employee-like workers performing digital platform work and wage theft

• Fair Work Commission Rules 2024, including changes expanding the Fair Work Commission’s powers to deal with sexual harassment at work

• Fair Work Regulations 2009, including amendments as a result of the Fair Work Amendment (Fixed Term Contracts) Regulations 2023, Fair Work and Other Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Regulations 2023, and the Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Regulations 2023 effecting changes to payslip requirements when an employee takes paid family and domestic violence leave

• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009, abolishing the Registered Organisations Commission and transferring power to the General Manager of the Fair Work Commission

• Federal Safety Commissioner Act 2022 (as the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 is now named), abolishing the Australian Building and Constructions Commission and transferring its powers to the Fair Work Ombudsman, and

• related federal legislation concerning independent contractors.