A key element of the ALP industrial relations platform is to ‘reduce the incidence of insecure work’, being a focus predominantly on casual employment and labour hire arrangements. Those reading will know that this ‘attack’ on ‘insecure work’ is nothing new. Click here to discover more on our Federal Election hub. Read more
Final regulations were approved on 28th March increasing the penalty for aggravated breaches of employment rights from £5,000 to £20,000, with effect from 6 April 2019. These regulations also provide for two other changes to come into force from 6 April 2020: the extension of the right to a written statement to ‘workers’, and the … Read more
HMRC is consulting on the extension of IR35 reforms to the private sector from April 2020. As previously announced, the rules introduced in April 2017 in relation to off-payroll workers in the public sector will be rolled out to off-payroll workers of large and medium-sized private sector businesses from next year. But HMRC’s most recent … Read more
The Victorian labour hire licensing scheme will commence on 29 April 2019. There is a six month transition period which ends on 29 October 2019. Please click the map below for a summary on the current status of licensing schemes around Australia at a State and Federal level. Read more
Hirers of agency workers should consider carefully up front whether and how the Agency Worker Regulations apply and seek to ensure the agency complies, given that a hirer can be held liable for breach and ordered to pay just and equitable compensation even if the agency is also at fault. In London Underground Ltd v … Read more
Unpaid internships are often seen as a way of providing valuable industry experience to students. However, there has been an increasing global focus on whether such arrangements also enable the exploitation of individuals to perform unpaid work. In Hong Kong, while there are exemptions from the application of certain employment related laws which apply to … Read more
The Court of Appeal has upheld the EAT’s ruling in Uber BV v Aslam that Uber drivers were workers on the basis that the written documentation seeking to establish them as independent contractors did not reflect reality; the drivers were held to be working while they had the Uber app switched on and were within … Read more
On Monday 17 December 2018, the Fair Work Amendment (Casual Loading Offset) Regulations 2018 (Cth) (Amending Regulation) was registered and took effect from 18 December 2018. The Amending Regulation amends the Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth). The Amending Regulation is intended to apply where an employee has mistakenly been classified as a casual employee and … Read more
