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Upcoming Penalty Rate Changes In The General Retail Industry Award 2010
By Renee Karakinos, Lawyer On 1 October 2018, the Fair Work Commission, as part of its 4-year modern award review, made a decision to amend evening, Saturday and Sunday penalty rates under the General Retail Industry Award 2010 (Award). The original decision can be accessed here. MST Lawyers had previously published an article (link to…
JobKeeper Fair Work Flexibility Rules 2.0
The current JobKeeper flexibility rules under the Fair Work Act 2009 allow eligible employers who qualify for the JobKeeper scheme to issue enabling directions and make enabling requests to eligible employees, including to stand them down, reduce their hours of work, perform other duties, change location of work, take annual leave and work at different…
High Court majority overturns full Federal Court Mondelez decision, restoring traditional sick leave accrual rules
By Chao Ni, Principal, MST Lawyers In our 28 November 2019 and 28 February 2020 legal bulletins, we highlighted the significant Federal Court decision in Mondelez v AMWU [2019] FCAFC 138 (the Mondelez decision). In the Mondelez decision, the Full Federal Court (by two to one majority) determined that all full time and part time…
Queensland records its first industrial manslaughter conviction in an Australian first
By Chao Ni, Principal On 11 June 2020, the Brisbane District Court delivered its judgment in the case of R v Brisbane Auto Recycling Pty Ltd & Ors [2020] QDC 113. The defendants, Brisbane Auto Recycling Pty Ltd (BAR) and its two directors Mr Hussaini (aged 25) and Mr Karimi (aged 23), were each charged…