November 11, 2021 heralds in a new era in workplace sexual harassment regulation with the commencement of the jurisdiction of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to hear and determine applications for Stop Sexual Harassment orders.   From 11 November 2021, the FWC commences its new jurisdiction which allows employees to make direct applications to the FWC for orders to be applied in the workplace to stop workplace sexual harassment. Like its jurisdiction in making orders

As many States and Territories move to ‘open up’ following Covid 19 vaccination milestones many of our clients are asking us – what does this mean for employment? The easy answer is – a lot remains unknown.  But let’s face it, this isn’t particularly useful.  In this article we address the commonly asked questions around vaccinations in the workplace based on the current information available. Do I need to make sure my employees are vaccinated

We are very proud to announce that Mazars – HR and IR Consulting have achieved a 100% voluntary vaccination rate. A big ‘thank you’ to everyone in the team doing their bit in the fight against COVID!

If Covid 19 had not already thrown up enough challenges for employers, there are more to come. The pandemic has resulted in some significant changes in the workplace both in terms of employee expectations and an employer’s ability to meet those expectations. In many cases the expectations are “unspoken” which makes responding to them impossible. Employers are not mind readers and therefore they need a mechanism to understand what their employees are thinking and what

In 2016, the Federal Circuit Court made a landmark decision which provided a casual employee of the labour hire firm Workpac, with paid leave entitlements. Until this decision it was always an accepted principal that the casual loading paid to casuals was in lieu of any entitlement to paid leave entitlements. Workpac, in 2018 sought a declaration from the Federal Court, that another one of its employees, who was employed under similar circumstances to the