Skilled Visa information webinars (NSW/ACT)
e Department of Home Affairs NSW/ACT Business Industry and Regional Outreach team will be holding several free online Skilled visa information sessions in August.
Managing Employees – The Warning Process
We often receive calls from employers who are dealing with employees who are not performing their duties to a standard reasonably expected or who are engaging in unsatisfactory workplace conduct despite efforts to manage their performance (e.g. through a performance […]
2022 Increases to Vehicle Award and Clerks Award Rates
The minimum rates in these Guides apply to the Vehicle Repair, Services and Retail Award 2020 (Vehicle Award) and the Clerks Private Sector Award 2020 (Clerks Award) and are effective from the first full pay period on or after 1 JULY 2022.
2021-22 Annual Wage Review Decision Announced
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has announced a 5.2% increase to the national minimum wage and a 4.6% increase to award minimum wages (subject to a minimum increase of $40 per week for full time adult employees) following its 2021-2022 annual wage review.
Preparing for Annual Wage Review
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) is scheduled to announce its 2021-2022 annual wage review (Decision). Following the wage review, the FWC may announce a wage increase before 1 July 2022
Written contract key to determining if a worker is an employee or a contractor
In ZG Operations v Jamsek [2022] HCA 2 (Jamsek), the High Court held that where parties have comprehensively committed the terms of their relationship to a valid written contract...
Deductibility of COVID-19 tests
he government announced on 7 February 2022 that they will ensure COVID-19 testing expenses are tax deductible for testing taken to attend a place of work.
Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) direct orders
HVIA is working with Australian company Croft Group to make commercial quantities of TGA approved Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) available for purchase by HVIA members and stakeholders.
COVID-19: leave entitlements during quarantine and self-isolation
With the rising number of positive COVID19 cases, Employer Assist is receiving enquiries from members about leave entitlements for employees who are absent from work because they have COVID-19, are a close contact of someone who has COVID-19 or are getting tested.
Guidance for a best-practice COVID-19 Policy
At our 2021 AGM, HVIA members were advised by guest speaker Robert King, Partner of Cornwalls Law, that having a COVID-19 Policy is considered workplace best practice. HVIA has now published a guide to help our members navigate the contents of a COVID-19 policy.
COVID-19 Policy Checklist
This guideline is designed to be a simple reference document to assist HVIA members, that wish to have a COVID-19 policy for their workplace.
Work-related fatalities in 2020 report released
Safe Work Australia has published the Work-related Traumatic Injury Fatalities Australia 2020 report, which provides the latest detailed national statistics on all workers and bystanders fatally injured at work.