Secure Jobs, Better Pay – new prohibitions on sexual harassment have commenced
The next round of amendments as set out in the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 (Cth) have taken effect from 6 March 2023.
New penalty and overtime rates for “Professional Employees”
The Fair Work Commission (Commission) has handed down a decision to vary the Professional Employees Award 2020 (Award) to include specific penalty and overtime rates and to clarify that Award’s coverage.
What should your business be doing to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace?
As recently reported in the media, Bakers Delight has been the subject of an investigation by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) to determine its compliance with the positive duty to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate workplace sexual harassment, as far as possible.