Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Paid Parental Leave Details This historic decision to commit $731 million over five years to Australia’s first comprehensive, statutory Paid Parental Leave Scheme will be available to parents for births and adoptions that occur on or after 1 January 2011. This...

Contract Integrity

How to Uphold a Contract A contract is defined as an agreement or set of promises between two or more parties which is enforceable by law, provided that it meets each of these six requirements: •   Agreement – one party must make an offer that is accepted by the other...

What does Fewer IR Awards mean for your business?

The first anniversary of the new Fair Work laws was on 1 July 2010.  This date also saw the first pay period that the $26 per week national wage increase was introduced, along with higher award penalty rates, allowances, loadings and casual wages in some industries...