The federal government have announced that Thursday 22 September will be a one-off public holiday as a national day of mourning to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The following day, Friday 23 September, is a public holiday in Victoria only. The holiday gives Victorians...
Members may be aware from recent widespread media reports that the federal government has introduced a bill to create a national entitlement to 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave (FDVL) into the National Employment Standards (NES). The proposed entitlement replaces the current NES entitlement...
The government has reinstated the pandemic leave payment for workers who have to isolate and are unable to work but do not have sick leave. The leave payment had originally expired on 30 June, however due to an escalating COVID wave, the decision has been made to extend...
Commencing 1 July 2022 the new high income threshold for unfair dismissal claims will increase to $162,000. This means that employees earning more than $162,000 per year will not be able to lodge an unfair dismissal claim with the Fair Work Commission unless covered by a...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has announced an increase of 5.2% to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) from 1 July 2022. The Panel of the FWC has awarded an increase of $40 to the NMW which amounts to an increase of 5.2%. The NMW will...
As part of the ‘plain language’ re-drafting aspect of the 4 yearly review of modern awards, the Fair Work Commission has recently made a number of changes to the Timber Industry Award 2020. Whilst many of the changes are, as the name suggests, ‘plain language’...
Nominations are called for the election of office bearers on the TTIA Council. The nomination may be made by eligible nominators (Council Members) between 9/3/2022 and 12 pm on 23/3/2022....
Members would be aware of the deluge and weather-related havoc being caused on the east coast at present. This affects a number of TTIA Members, particularly those on the far north coast. I have provided a summary to explain the options available to TTIA ...
Nominations are called for:Timber Trade Industrial Association-Councillor (8) Nominations, which must be in writing and comply with the registered rules of the Organisation and may be made at any time from 9:00 am Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) 31/01/2022. Additional forms are available from the...
A Full Bench decision of the Fair Work Commission [CFMMEU & Matthew Howard v Mt Arthur Coal Pty Ltd T/A Mt Arthur Coal [2021] FWCFB 6059] has overturned a vaccine mandate introduced by BHP on 7 October this year at the Mt Arthur open cut...