Browsing: Legislation & regulation

Another WorkPac employee who was engaged and paid as a casual has been awarded permanent entitlements, in a case that will likely have some "perverse" outcomes and prompt a rise in class actions. read more

• Recruiters' job numbers "encouraging"
  
• Thousands of APS staff seek redeployments
  
• Call to phase out JobKeeper scheme read more

• Brunel Australasia hits break-even under new leader
  
• Talent doubles down on contractor wellbeing
  
• Labour hire authority pauses enforcement action
  
• Manufacturing jobs plummet
  
• News in brief: Impellam, PageUp and Xref read more

• Alcami Interactive adds to team as video demand grows
  
• Ombudsman calls to legislate 30-day payment terms
  
• IT business hiring 2,000 staff
  
• COVID-19 industry news wrap read more

The extent to which recruitment businesses can take full advantage of the JobKeeper subsidy remains somewhat unclear, industry leaders say. read more

Fair Work Act amendments to allow the Federal Government's $1500-a-fortnight JobKeeper scheme to proceed have been passed by parliament. read more

• Coles hires 7,000, needs 5,000 more
  
• Rogue labour hire operator and director fined $180k
  
• Mining jobs "not significantly impacted"
  
• Sustainable labour market development "the only logical choice read more

The potential for an underpayments scandal involving on-hire employees is huge, because many labour suppliers and their clients are operating on mutual misunderstandings of how workers should be paid. read more

Changes to modern awards taking effect in the next few days are set to create enormous administrative burdens, and have the potential to catch many recruitment leaders by surprise. read more

• Net fees, profit down for Hays
  
• JXT sale a step closer?
  
• Victoria legislates for gender equality in recruitment
  
• LinkedIn's 'plus one pledge' tackling opportunity gaps read more