The Fair Work Commission has rebuked an employer for failing to adequately manage sponsored workers, finding it unfairly dismissed an employee for the "trifling" offence of exceeding her permitted working hours. » more »
Big changes to employer-sponsored visas are coming into effect this week, but uncertainty remains for businesses around their costs, a migration expert says. » more »
An HR manager has been fined for her role in underpaying 85 employees nearly $600k and then falsifying employment records to cover it up. » more »
Many HR teams will have increased reporting and compliance duties when the Australian Government introduces laws on modern slavery next year, a legal specialist says. » more »
CEOs and CIOs are again among the skilled occupations eligible for visas with a permanent residency pathway, addressing a "key oversight" in earlier changes to the overseas worker regime. » more »
HR has an important role to play in communicating sponsorship regime changes to affected workers, some of whose residency dreams have been "shattered", experts say. » more »
Changes to overseas worker sponsorship have thrown up considerable challenges for HR professionals managing workers under the existing scheme. This webcast contains practical guidance on transitional arrangements and how to prepare for the new regime. » more »
Large employers will be the hardest hit by the Federal Government's decision to introduce a levy for employing foreign workers, a specialist warns, while in other news, working parents feel overlooked for promotion; labour hire licensing gains momentum; new cancer resources are available for HR; and more. » more »
Employers sponsoring foreign talent under the new skilled migration regime will have to pay a levy of up to $5000 per worker, Treasurer Scott Morrison has announced in tonight's Federal Budget. » more »
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced the Federal Government will abolish the 457 visa program. » more »
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Lawyer Shannon Chapman will share HR's role in preventing psych claims, discussing case law involving grievance management and workplace investigations, performance conversations, and more.
