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The annual wage review decision was handed down this morning, with the Fair Work Commission deciding to increase the national minimum wage and award minimum wage rates by 4.75% from 1 July 2026.

The FWO's key focus for 2021-22 will be to support workplaces as they manage the ongoing impacts of COVID-19.

Regular and systematic service as a casual does count when calculating redundancy (if that employee becomes permanent).

The FWO announced that it would be focusing on large corporate underpayments as part of its priorities for 2020-21.

The new Government may consider that it has a mandate to seek to legislate for the "Protect Vulnerable Workers" policy.

The positive duty of employers to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace originated in the Respect@Work inquiry.

Fair Work Australia ("FWA") handed down its first annual wage decision at 11.00 am today. The responsibility to determine minimum wages has been returned to the industrial tribunal from the Australian Fair Pay Commission by the Rudd Government.

A manager was found to be fairly dismissed, when he allowed his team to drink alcohol at an off-site work function.

In this case, the employer would have had to apply for a variation by agreement to correct this obvious error.

Growers should check their hire agreements, as the FWO is reviewing complaints from workers about labour hire businesses.

A recent case found that employers can take a practical and operational approach to achieve consultation compliance.

The new Labor Government has committed to legislating ten days paid family and domestic violence leave.

It does increase the risk of the employee claiming that the redundancy or termination was influenced by that reason.

A recent decision highlights important steps for employers defending general protections claims.

The article includes news about increases to protection from unfair dismissal and increases to award minimum wages.

In our second episode of Inside Employment, we explore the evolving intersection between industrial relations and immigration law. As regulatory frameworks continue to shift, we're seeing increasing crossover...

In this episode of Inside IR, Rohan Doyle and Mitchell Brennan use the recent Full Federal Court decision in AMWU v Opal Packaging Australia (May 2026) to explore the real-world implications of complexity in enterprise agreements. With four decision-makers across three forums arriving at four different interpretations of a relatively common status quo clause, the case is a stark illustration of enterprise agreement complexity, and how status quo clauses can be a source of competitive advantage for employers...