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State awards given the boot

08 Feb 2017

Queensland apprentices and trainees could be owed millions of dollars in back pay after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) held that the correct industrial instruments for determining apprentice rates in Queensland are the Modern Awards.

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The new Building Code: Make sure your business is compliant!

30 Jan 2017

On 8 February 2017, the Australian Government introduced a bill which will (amongst other things) drastically shorten the period for EAs made before 2 December 2016 to be National Building Code-compliant, from 29 November 2018 to 1 September 2017.

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Is it OK to swear at work?

02 Jan 2017

Swearing in the workplace happens. It happens when workers get frustrated, it happens when workers accidentally hurt themselves and, occasionally, it happens when workers get angry with others.