There have been recent concerns surrounding the maintenance of acceptable safety standards in labour hire between employers and host employers. As these arrangements can be complex, Safe Work Australia has released a compliance guide under work health and safety laws - Labour hire: duties of persons conducting a business or undertaking.

The Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No. 2) Act 2017 (Cth) amended the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) from 1 July 2018 to impose a prohibition on the enforcement of rights against a company including contractual termination rights arising on the occurrence of an insolvency event in relation to that company.

The model Family and Domestic Violence Leave terms are incorporated into all Modern Awards as of 1 August 2018.

This means that Award covered employees may take unpaid leave to deal with Family and Domestic Violence matters from 1 August 2018.

Congratulations to Holman Webb’s Workplace Relations team for their nomination as finalists for Workplace Relations and Employment Team of the Year in the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2018

Queensland and South Australia have recently introduced laws requiring labour hire firms operating in those States to obtain a licence.  Victoria's laws passed the lower house in February 2018 however are yet to pass the Upper House in that State.

This Health Law Bulletin discusses issues such as:

• Corporate and Clinical Governance for the health and aged care sectors;
• Aged care quality reforms;
• Exclusion zones for reproductive health facilities;
• Recent cases such as Sparks v Hobson, Gray v Hobson [2018] NSWCA 29; and
• Updates to the National police check application process.

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has handed down a number of recent decisions which may provide increased access to unfair dismissal claims by employees engaged on a casual basis, particularly those employees engaged in the labour hire industry.

We are pleased to announce our sector focussed leading lawyers have been recognised in the 2019 Best Lawyers in Australia list as published in the Australian Financial Review.

On 15 September 2017 the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Act 2017 took effect. It makes important changes to the Fair Work Act 2009. These changes potentially affect all businesses but in particular those in franchising or licensing or distribution.

Congratulations to our CFO, Magdalena Kosior-Molloy who has been selected as a finalist for the CFO of the Year award in the 2017 Executive of the Year awards.