Employee Entitlements, Leave
Employees are entitled to 12 months of unpaid parental leave when a child is born or adopted. An additional 12 months leave can be requested. Types of maternity and parental leave as well as employee eligibility can be found on the Fair Work Australia website here...
Casual Conversion, Employee Entitlements, Miscellaneous Award
The Federal Court of Australia on 16 August 2018, ruling has granted a terminated casual worker annual leave entitlements. The Court found a truck driver employed under a labour hire arrangement as a casual, was not a casual under employment law, because of his...
ATO, Employee Entitlements, Miscellaneous Award
From 1 January 2017 tax rates are changing for working holiday makers who hold 417 and 462 visas. These rates are known as working holiday maker tax rates. What you need to do If you employ a working holiday maker who is in Australia on a 417 or 462 visa, you:...
Employee Entitlements, Miscellaneous Award
Source: ABC News Date: 12 July 2016 A Queensland restaurant operator who claimed a worker ate too much food and used too much air conditioning has been fined $21,000 after refusing to reimburse the underpaid staffer. The owners of Fire and Stone restaurant at...
Employee Entitlements, Miscellaneous Award
The Fair Work Ombudsman the Australian government body that covers industrial relations in all states except for Western Australia has been reviewing the nanny industry. and has released the following statement. Nannies & au pairs in private homes employees? This...
ABN Contractors, ATO, Employee Entitlements, Miscellaneous Award
So you have recently hired a nanny who says they have an ABN number, allowing you to skip the whole annoying expensive time consuming matter of becoming an employer and paying them as a contractor. Be aware that in the long term, it may not be so simple. The...
