Business Advisors

Further to our announcement regarding the new 1 July employee eligibility test date for the JobKeeper Payment, the Australian Government passed the JobKeeper Extension Scheme through legislation on 1 September 2020. The passing of this legislation brought with it changes and extensions to the JobKeeper provisions in the Fair Work Act, with extended provisions coming into place from 28 September 2020 and extending to the end of the scheme on 28 March 2021. The provisions introduce the “Legacy Employer,” which is further explained below.…  Read more

Under the new 1 July employee eligibility test date for the JobKeeper Payment, employers MUST provide the employee eligibility notice form(s) NOW to all new eligible employees that are now entitled to receive JobKeeper.  Employee Eligibility Further to our announcement last week regarding changes to the JobKeeper Payment Scheme, the Government passed the legislation last Friday meaning for JobKeeper fortnights starting from 3 August onwards, any employee who met the JobKeeper criteria as at 1 July 2020 can now receive the JobKeeper Payment.   A number of new eligible employees will now be entitled to receive the JobKeeper Payment, including:  Full time or part time employees who commenced employment after 1 March and were employed with you…  Read more

On Thursday 13 August the High Court delivered a long awaited judgment, which clarifies the way in which personal/carer’s leave accrues and can be taken by part time workers. The High Court Decision By majority, the High Court overruled the previous Federal Court decision (handed down in August last year in relation to Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd v AMWU) where it was controversially decided that an employee’s entitlement to personal/carer’s…  Read more