Case: Qantas Airways Ltd v Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (No 3) [2020] FCA 1428 Qantas Airways have had a significant win against the unions this week with the Federal Court ruling that the airlines decision to stand down hundreds of aircraft engineers without pay during the COVID-19 pandemic was due to no fault of the airline. … Read more
As many are aware the Australian Government has announced cuts to payments under the JobKeeper Scheme but has extended their life spans. The tapering of the payments will occur in the December and March quarters, with the second phase of the JobKeeper Scheme to be rolled out in two tiers. Amongst the various changes that … Read more
The Corney and Lind Employment Team represented Ms Liu throughout these proceedings. On 22 May 2020, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) found (in Liu v Compuworld Pty Ltd [2020] FWC 2569) that, by dismissing their pregnant employee Ms Liu, an unlawful adverse action was taken against her by her employer, Compuworld. The Case Ms Liu worked … Read more
This is a case note on when a cough during COVID-19 can lead to an unfair dismissal? See: Hooshmand v Cater Care Australia Operations Pty Ltd [2020] FWC 4371 On 27 March 2020, as the risk of a COVID-19 pandemic in Australia became heightened, Mr Hooshmand (‘the employee’) arrived to work for Catering Care Operations … Read more
The Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (the Act) establishes a workers’ compensation scheme for Queensland – providing benefits for workers who sustain an injury in their employment. The Act outlines employers’ obligation to be covered against liability for compensation and damages either under a WorkCover insurance policy or under a licence as a self-insurer.[1] … Read more
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
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