All Articles From Ben Duggan
Best Lawyers Recognises Nine of DW Fox Tuckers Finest
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers is delighted to announce that nine of the firm’s senior lawyers have been recognised across 17 different areas of law in the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers Australia. While our…
COVID-19: Fair Work Commission Has New Powers to Deal With JobKeeper Disputes
As reported in our previous alert[1], JobKeeper laws, which create a six-month wage subsidy scheme, were recently passed at special sittings of the Federal Parliament. The new laws include temporary…
COVID-19: Flexibility Comes to the Fair Work Act
For JobKeeper employers who continue to operate with reduced work
Fair Work Commission Introduces COVID-19 Leave
In a rare exercise of its powers, under section 157(3) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (“the Act”), the Fair Work Commission (Commission) has introduced pandemic leave as a temporary measure to help…
Clerks—Private Sector Award 2010: Schedule I—Award Flexibility During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The temporary variations to the Clerks – Private Sector Modern Award 2010 are set out below in full.
COVID-19: Flexibility Comes to the Clerks Modern Award
At a special sitting in late March the Fair Work Commission approved an application made by business groups and supported by the union movement for temporary variations to the Clerks – Private Sector…
Administering the JobKeeper Vaccine for Employers
The proposed JobKeeper package announced by the Federal Government is a wage subsidy scheme. Legislation which will contain the detail of the scheme is to follow. So far, the main points for…
Key Changes for Award Based Annualised Wages
Ready or not from 1 March 2020!
Whistleblower Protection Laws
We have previously reported on the new whistleblower protection laws which came into operation on 1 July 2019 through the Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Whistleblower Protections) Act 2019 (Cth).…
Final Call for Labour Hire Licences in South Australia
Labour hire regulation is back with the last day to apply for a licence this Friday!
DWFT Report
The DWFT Report is a comprehensive publication containing news, commentary and analysis of significant contemporary legal issues impacting the Australian business community.
