Time to get serious about sexual harassment

Founder/Director/Practice Leader at Ridgeline HR & President of the Foothills Foundation & Executive Member of Communities of Wellbeing - Ridgeline HR

On 10 September 2021, our federal parliament passed the Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Act 2021 which, among other measures, provided the Fair Work Commission with new powers to receive complaints of sexual harassment and to issue orders for the sexual harassment to stop. These powers (which are similar to those that the…

New rules on casual employment and conversion

Founder/Director/Practice Leader at Ridgeline HR & President of the Foothills Foundation & Executive Member of Communities of Wellbeing - Ridgeline HR

New rules on casual employment The Fair Work Act 2009 was recently amended to change workplace rights and obligations with respect to casual employees effective from Saturday 27 March 2021 with some obligations for business with 15 or more employees deferred to 27 September 2021. New casual employee definition The Fair Work Act now provides…