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Parliament has passed legislation that will see paid parental leave extended from 18 weeks to 20 weeks from 1 July 2023.

Browse through the recent updates below that impact all employing businesses due to changes applicable to all modern awards and/or changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 or other applicable legislation.

NSW has introduced new industrial manslaughter laws to strengthen workplace safety, with harsher penalties for gross negligence leading to deaths in the workplace.

New industrial relations changes, including the controversial 'Right to Disconnect,' are now in effect. Learn how these changes could impact your business and what steps you can take to stay compliant.

However, you have have heard of a different term used in workplace health and saftey (WHS) legislation: PCBU.

If you’re still providing pre-Fair Work information sheets to new employees, you may be in breach of current legislation.

In the first New South Wales case dealt with under both the Crimes Act and the WHS Act for a single event, a forklift operator was fined under both sets of legislation.

Understand how annual leave and long service leave are paid when roles and salaries change under the Fair Work Act and NT legislation.

Under the new right to disconnect legislation, an employee may refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact or attempted contact from their employer or a third party outside their working hours unless the refusal is unreasonable.

Defibrillators are a great piece of equipment to have in any workplace. But what rules and compliance issues apply? Learn more about workplace defibrillator requirements here.