What’s new in Enterprise Bargaining?
A long wait… The Fair Work Commission is currently taking five months to process agreements. Agreements lodged in September/October 2018...
Greenfield Agreements – When is construction commenced?
The recent decision in Applications by CPB Contractors Pty Limited & John Holland Pty Ltd [2019] FWC 1122 (21 February 2019) has examined...
National Wage Review
The Fair Work Commission has released their decision regarding the increase to the 2019 National Minimum Wage. The decision provides for...
Public Holidays 2018/2019
2018 All States Tuesday 25 December – Christmas Day Wednesday 26 December – Boxing Day Queensland and New South Wales Monday 1 October –...
Enterprise Agreements - What is the Latest?
FWC Approval Trends The trends in the Fair Work Commission (FWC) approval process arising from the central assessment team are as...
Casual Employees Deemed Full Time
A Time to Review Casual Engagements In a recent Federal Court decision that may have major implications for Companies in the construction...
Queensland Procurement Policy
What does 'apply best practice' mean? Queensland Procurement Policy The Queensland Procurement Policy 2018 was quietly uploaded to the...
Labour Hire Licensing
The Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 (Qld) commenced on 16th of April of this year. The Act establishes a mandatory licensing scheme for...
Kawanna Salary is coming!
Kawanna Salary is a region specific online salary benchmarking and remuneration service for the construction , contracting and mining...
Wage Growth Indicators
The trends in enterprise bargaining are still providing low wage growth of approximately 2.5% average annual wage increase. As a result...
