Category Archives: IR Advice

Members have been seeking advice regarding their obligations to comply with the various Public Health Orders in Victoria, NSW, and Qld which relate to the need for workers in many industries to be vaccinated in order to retain their employment. In short, the position in the various states is as follows: Victoria Employees of Bakeries, […]

The latest information from the Federal Government is that: As of January 30, at least 7,711 people have been confirmed infected in mainland China, most of them in and around Wuhan. At least 170 people have died, nearly all in Hubei Province, but officials have confirmed at least eight deaths elsewhere, including one in Beijing […]

The news has been very full lately of a new threat to business that is not related to COVID-19. As welcome as different news may be, this development has caused a lot of undue concern and panic among small businesses across Australia including NBIA Members. Before we go any further, I would like to restate […]

The Fair Work Commission has released its first decision detailing what it considered to be an unreasonable refusal to take annual leave under the recent changes to the Fair Work Act.  Those changes include the ability for an employer to request an employee to take annual leave and that the employee can not “unreasonably refuse” the request. […]

In light of the current economic hardship being experienced by all due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Industrial Court of Queensland has relaxed the criteria for Applications for payment instead of taking long service leave (form 13). If an employee requests their long service leave as a gross payment, the commission would appreciate if you […]

Now that we all have enough toilet paper to last us through to the Rapture, hopefully we can all sit and relax and get some serious planning done for the worst possible case scenario.  What is the “Worst Case Scenario”? The Biosecurity Act 2015 grants the Federal Health Minister virtually unlimited power to take any action […]