JobKeeper is a wage subsidy scheme designed to help keep Australian in jobs and support businesses affected by the significant impact of COVID-19. The scheme is governed by the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020 and associated rules. What is a ‘jobkeeper enabling direction’? The Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. … Read more
Case: WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2020] FCAFC 84 (‘Rossato’) Date of judgement: 20 May 2020 Background The engagement of casual employees has been a hot topic in the employment sector during recent years. A recent decision of the Full Federal Court leaves employers with a casual workforce open to substantial risk of claims being made by their casual staff for backpay of entitlements and seeking future entitlements previously available only to permanent staff. On 20 May 2020, the Full Federal Court handed … Read more
Case: Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia & Ors v Qantas Airways Limited [2020] FCA 656 Date of judgement: 18 May 2020 Proceeding one: Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia, the Australian Workers’ Union and the Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union Outcome: Application dismissed … Read more
On Friday 24 April, the Federal Treasury provided further clarification on the JobKeeper scheme and its application to specific groups throughout Australia. These updates follow after already 400,000 Australian businesses have enrolled in the JobKeeper scheme, providing further income to almost 2.4 million Australians. Amongst these Australians are employees of not-for-profit charities and practitioners of religious institutions who will be affected by the Treasury’s new updates. Religious Practitioners Prior to this announcement, many religious practitioners were facing difficulties … Read more
PART A – Introduction JobKeeper and Churches A series of legislation relating to the JobKeeper scheme has come into force upon the royal assent on 9 April 2020 until its planned end on 27 September 2020.[1] The Federal treasurer further issued a series of rules governing the relevant matters on the same date. The application … Read more
JobKeeper Legislation: Second Fast Facts on JobKeeper Payment COVID-19 (this is the 2nd article relating to JobKeeper payment COVID-19 Fast Facts #1) What is JobKeeper again? Are casual workers covered? What is the eligibility test for business owners for JobKeeper? Do business owners have to make superannuation contributions on JobKeeper payments, and what if a … Read more
It was only a two months ago that the A-League – Australia’s premier football league – was in the midst of a season and only a few weeks away from a finals series. Now, following a number of rounds “behind closed doors”, this A-League season – along with many other sporting codes – has been … Read more
Related to our two earlier COVID-19 Employment FAST Facts 1 & 2. This week so far in context: We have seen: The government unveil the Jobkeeper payment COVID-19 package essentially involving a $130 billion payment. Information start to be disseminated from various government websites providing details on this payment designed to help keep Australians in … Read more
Mid-last week a modern award was varied for the first time in the Fair Work Commission in response to the disruptions experienced by business owners and workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian Hotels Association supported by the United Workers Union sought the addition of a special COVID-19 flexibility schedule into the Hospitality Industry … Read more
Last week Qantas and Jetstar temporarily stood down two-thirds of their 30,000 employees until at least the end of May. Workers who are stood down who subsequently become sick with COVID-19, or provide care to a sick family member regardless of the type of sickness, cannot access personal leave. For those workers who are off … Read more
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