New Fair Work Resources

New Fair Work Resources

Learn about your obligations as an employer and employee rights New Resources About Pay & Conditions, Enterprise Agreements & Bargaining The Fair Work system provides the legal framework for workplace relations, setting standards for employee rights, pay, and...
Criminalisation of Intentional Wage Underpayments

Criminalisation of Intentional Wage Underpayments

Criminalising Intentional Wage Underpayments These changes came into effect on 1 January 2025 From 1 January 2025, intentional underpayment of wages or entitlements can be a criminal offence. This doesn’t include honest mistakes. An employer may commit a criminal...
Minimum Wage Increase 2023

Minimum Wage Increase 2023

Annual Wage Review 2022-23The Fair Work Commission announced the rate that minimum wages will increase by, from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2023. The Fair Work Commission decided that minimum wage rates for employees covered by modern awards...
Fair Work Compliance Notices

Fair Work Compliance Notices

What is a FWO Compliance Notice? The Fair Work Ombudsman is increasingly using compliance notices as a tool to recover unpaid wages. They have developed a new online course to assist employers and their professional advisers to better understand the requirements of a...