The end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013 have seen many legal
changes introduced and announced, that affect the costs of
employing people, compliance requirements for people managers and
the way employers conduct employee and industrial relations.
As we prepare for a federal election in September 2013 and the
prospect of further changes, it is good to assess whether all of
these changes have been accounted for in your work practices.
The areas of change range from the relatively mundane, changing
'Fair Work Australia' to the 'Fair Work
Commission,' to the significant, such as increases to
superannuation contributions.
After detailed work by the Fair Work Review Panel and 53
recommendations, we have mostly underwhelming amendments to
the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), most of which
commenced on 1 January 2013, with changes regarding superannuation
measures for awards taking effect as late as 2014. Read more
here.
