There are plenty of good folk who’ve spoken good words and made good things happen: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” and “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” The BIC Secretariat was established in Canberra in 2002 to create and provide a […]
Zero Emissions Bus Transition Dear Premier Allan, The Bus Industry Confederation and its members are writing to express our deep concern regarding the recent deferral of bus replacement and upgrade orders for up to 5 years by the Victorian Labor government. This decision, announced quietly on Christmas Eve, has significant implications for the bus industry as […]
Wage theft laws effective 1 January 2025 The Closing Loopholes Act amended the FW Act to introduce a criminal offence for intentional underpayment of employees’ wages. The offence commenced on 1 January 2025, following the declaration of the Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code. An employer will commit an offence if the employer intentionally engages […]
Policies incorporated into contracts are binding The High Court of Australia (HCA) has overturned a Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal’s ruling that damages for psychiatric injury due to unfair dismissal were too remote and not recoverable under contract law. The HCA found that the employment contract did incorporate the respondent’s disciplinary policies, making […]
FWC changes to model terms 31 January 2025 marked the deadline for submissions regarding the new draft model terms. APTIA has added to the comprehensive views of the ACCI submission. We hope that the concerns from industry are listened to. Some of the more concerning changes include substantive changes to the trigger for consultation. The […]
Review of Secure Jobs Better Pay Legislation The initial review of the Secure Jobs Better Pay legislation has been handed down with 19 draft recommendations. It’s a case of the nothing-to-see-here-show, with the report acknowledging that it’s unlikely that the ramifications of changes to the legislation, namely single-interest and intractable bargaining have yet to be […]
