The second round of the Federal Government’s “Closing Loopholes” amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) were passed by Parliament on 12 February 2024 and received Royal Assent on 26 February 2024. These amendments mean employers will need to review their contractor arrangements, casual employee contracts and policies, hours of work provisions in employment contracts and policies as well as their practices, and enterprise bargaining strategies.
These amendments follow the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No.1) Act 2023 amendments which received Royal Assent on 14 December 2023. See our previous article for a summary of these amendments.
We outline the key changes and proposed actions for employers in our latest information sheet.
Key changes include:
This article was written with the assistance of Naomi Cooper, Megan Prouatt, Joseph El Hagg and Shifra Shoib.
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