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From 1 July 2026 NSW Psychosocial Hazards Code Became a Mandatory Benchmark From 1 July 2026, NSW businesses must comply with an approved WHS Code of Practice or show that another approach provides an equivalent or higher standard of safety. For...

Timesheets: Boring Until the Day They Save You Under the Fair Work Act, you have to keep employee records (hours, pay, leave, super) for seven years. That is longer than most gym memberships and New Year's resolutions combined. And "about eight...

New Victorian Laws Regarding Sexual Harassment NDAs New Victorian laws now limit how non‑disclosure agreements (NDAs) can be used in workplace sexual harassment matters. An NDA that prevents a worker from speaking about their experience of...

Victoria's Two-Day WFH Bill The Victorian Government introduced legislation to Parliament on 16 June 2026 seeking to enshrine the right to work from home two times a week for regular casual and part-time workers in the Equal Opportunity Act 2010....

Federal Court Finds Sexualised “Banter” Has Its Limits In the first fully contested Federal Court judgment on the Fair Work Act sexual harassment provisions introduced in 2023, the Court found that a supervisor sexually harassed a mature-age...

AI-Fuelled Claims Put Pressure on Fair Work Commission The Fair Work Commission is not just busy. It is being pushed into crisis by a surge in dismissal claims, including claims helped along by AI and low-bar filing processes. The Albanese...

Increase in National Minimum and Award Wages Wages are going up. The Fair Work Commission has confirmed a 4.75% increase to the national minimum wage and modern award minimum rates from 1 July 2026 - bringing the weekly minimum to $1,004.90, or...

New Zealand Worker Can Bring Australian Unfair Dismissal Claim A New Zealand-based employee of an Australian company has been allowed to bring an unfair dismissal claim, even though he lived and worked in New Zealand. The Fair Work Commission found...

Contractor and Customer Hit With $116,000 Sexual Harassment Order A contractor and a customer have been ordered to pay a site manager $116,000 after subjecting him to homophobic and sexualised harassment at work. The Court accepted the worker...