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Casual employees and your legal obligations as an Australian employer employment law 10 Oct 2026

Casual employees and your legal obligations as an Australian employer

Engaging casual employees comes with specific duties under the Fair Work Act. Here are the obligations, conversion rules and compliance steps for your business.

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Lone and remote workers, your WHS obligations as an employer employment law 10 Oct 2026

Lone and remote workers, your WHS obligations as an employer

Can a person legally work alone in Australia? Yes, but employers owe WHS duties to lone and remote workers. Here's what your business must do to stay compliant.

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Enterprise bargaining in Australia and how the process works for small business employment law 09 Oct 2026

Enterprise bargaining in Australia and how the process works for small business

How enterprise bargaining works in Australia: who negotiates, the good faith rules, the vote, the BOOT and FWC approval, and what an agreement must include.

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Your employment law obligations as a not-for-profit employer employment law 09 Oct 2026

Your employment law obligations as a not-for-profit employer

Not-for-profits carry the same employment law obligations as any employer. This covers worker classification, the NES, awards, WHS and discrimination.

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Casual employment agreements and the clauses Australian employers need employment law 09 Oct 2026

Casual employment agreements and the clauses Australian employers need

The key clauses a casual employment agreement needs, why each matters, and the traps that cause disputes over status, pay and hours in Australia.

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How modern awards work in Australia, coverage and the rules that apply employment law 09 Oct 2026

How modern awards work in Australia, coverage and the rules that apply

There are around 120 modern awards in Australia. Find out how coverage works, which award applies, and when a lawyer can help you get it right.

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How strikes and industrial action work in Australia employment law 09 Oct 2026

How strikes and industrial action work in Australia

Strikes are legal in Australia only in narrow circumstances. Learn how protected industrial action works, from ballots and notice to pay and stand down rules.

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Changing an employee from full-time to part-time and your legal duties employment law 08 Oct 2026

Changing an employee from full-time to part-time and your legal duties

Moving an employee from full-time to part-time needs their consent. Here are the legal duties on contract variations, consultation and genuine redundancy.

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Employing outworkers and your legal obligations in Australia employment law 08 Oct 2026

Employing outworkers and your legal obligations in Australia

Employing outworkers: your obligations under the National Employment Standards, modern awards and TCF supply-chain rules, explained for Australian business.

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Cashing out annual leave in NSW and the compliance rules for employers employment law 07 Oct 2026

Cashing out annual leave in NSW and the compliance rules for employers

Cashing out annual leave in NSW: the legal paths to pay out leave, the four-week balance rule, written agreement and record-keeping duties, and the penalties.

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Workplace policies for small business and which ones the law actually requires employment law 07 Oct 2026

Workplace policies for small business and which ones the law actually requires

Essential workplace policies for small business: which ones the law requires, the size triggers that decide it, and the penalties for getting it wrong.

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Redundancy redeployment obligations for Australian employers employment law 07 Oct 2026

Redundancy redeployment obligations for Australian employers

When must an Australian employer consider redeployment before making a role redundant, and what happens if they do not? A guide to genuine redundancy.

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